Hook, Line and Sinker
“Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel”
1930•1h 15m•5.6•Released
ComedyRomance
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
Edward F. Cline
Writer
Tim Whelan, Ralph Spence
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Bert Wheeler
Wilbur Boswell
Robert Woolsey
Addington Ganzy
Dorothy Lee
Mary Marsh
Jobyna Howland
Mrs. Rebecca Marsh
Natalie Moorhead
Duchess Bessie Von Essie
Hugh Herbert
Hotel House Detective
George F. Marion
Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
William B. Davidson
Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
Stanley Fields
McKay, Blackwell Henchman
Ralf Harolde
John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
William LeBaron
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