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ComedyRomance

Hook, Line and Sinker

- 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.

Release Date : 1930-12-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Bert Wheeler

Character Name : Wilbur Boswell

Original Name : Bert Wheeler

Gender : Male

Robert Woolsey

Character Name : Addington Ganzy

Original Name : Robert Woolsey

Gender : Male

Dorothy Lee

Character Name : Mary Marsh

Original Name : Dorothy Lee

Gender : Female

Jobyna Howland

Character Name : Mrs. Rebecca Marsh

Original Name : Jobyna Howland

Gender : Female

Natalie Moorhead

Character Name : Duchess Bessie Von Essie

Original Name : Natalie Moorhead

Gender : Female

Hugh Herbert

Character Name : Hotel House Detective

Original Name : Hugh Herbert

Gender : Male

George F. Marion

Character Name : Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy

Original Name : George F. Marion

Gender : Male

William B. Davidson

Character Name : Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)

Original Name : William B. Davidson

Gender : Male

Stanley Fields

Character Name : McKay, Blackwell Henchman

Original Name : Stanley Fields

Gender : Male

Ralf Harolde

Character Name : John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie

Original Name : Ralf Harolde

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-13

This starts off with Messrs. Wheeler and Woolsey nonchalantly riding their tandem when they are pulled over by a police officer. Moments later that have fast-talked their way into selling him insurance for just about everything and we are clued up for what to expect over the next 75 minutes. It turns out our two sweet-talkers could sell sand to the Saudis - and when they meet up with "Mary" (Dorothy Lee) who is on the run from her wealthy, overbearing, mother, they agree to help her run her ramshackle hotel that soon becomes a roaring success. That success is, however, based on a few false premisses -and that causes more that it's fair share of adventures and mis-haps. When it works, the partnership works well and it is funny and fast-paced, but it is far too long and after a while the comedy becomes wearisome and predictable.