Hook, Line and Sinker
Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel
1930 | 75m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Edward F. Cline |
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| Writer: | Tim Whelan, Ralph Spence |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Dec 26, 1930 |
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| Director: | Edward F. Cline |
| Writer: | Tim Whelan, Ralph Spence |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | mother, hotel, gang, advertising, insurance |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tim Whelan | Screenplay |
| Edward F. Cline | Director |
| Max Rée | Costume Design |
| Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Ralph Spence | Screenplay |
| Archie Marshek | Editor |
| Fred Fleck | Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William LeBaron | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Trending Position
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 turn ... s 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.