Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
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.
- Date of release
- 1930-12-26
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Hook, Line and Sinker is a 1930 American pre-Code slapstick comedy directed by Edward F. Cline from a screenplay by Ralph Spence and Tim Whelan. It was the third starring vehicle for the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey, and also featured Dorothy Lee. It would be one of the largest financial successes for RKO Pictures in 1930.
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