Hook, Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)

5.6 75 min Movie
ComedyRomance

Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel

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.

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Cast

Bert Wheeler Bert Wheeler Wilbur Boswell
Robert Woolsey Robert Woolsey Addington Ganzy
Dorothy Lee Dorothy Lee Mary Marsh
Jobyna Howland Jobyna Howland Mrs. Rebecca Marsh
Natalie Moorhead Natalie Moorhead Duchess Bessie Von Essie
Hugh Herbert Hugh Herbert Hotel House Detective
George F. Marion George F. Marion Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
William B. Davidson William B. Davidson Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
Stanley Fields Stanley Fields McKay, Blackwell Henchman
Ralf Harolde Ralf Harolde John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie

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