Dinner at the Ritz is a 1937 British, black-and-white

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

, mystery

Mystery film

Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...

 romance film

Romance film

Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...

, directed

Film director

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 by Harold D. Schuster and starring David Niven

David Niven

James David Graham Niven , known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther...

, Annabella, Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s through to the 1970s...

 and Ronald Shiner

Ronald Shiner

Ronald Alfred Shiner was a British stand-up comedian and comedic actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall.-Career:...

 as Sydney, the Porter. It was produced

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 by New World Pictures.

Synopsis

The daughter of a murdered banker is traveling in disguise while she tracks those among her father's colleagues who looted his bank, and plotted against him by arranging his murder.

A very well respected financier is murdered and his business is ruined. The ensuing scandal takes his daughter on a circuitous journey to solve the mystery of his death, find the stolen money, clear her father's name and bring his killer to justice.