Hook, Line and Sinker
Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel
1930 · 1h 15m
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
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Hook, Line and Sinker
Overview
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.
Director and cast
- Edward F. Cline Director
- Bert Wheeler as Wilbur Boswell
- Robert Woolsey as Addington Ganzy
- Dorothy Lee as Mary Marsh
- Jobyna Howland as Mrs. Rebecca Marsh
- Natalie Moorhead as Duchess Bessie Von Essie
- Hugh Herbert as Hotel House Detective
- George F. Marion as Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
- William B. Davidson as Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
- Stanley Fields as McKay, Blackwell Henchman
- Ralf Harolde as John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie
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