Hook, Line and Sinker
Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel
1930-12-26 | 75 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Bert WheelerWilbur Boswell
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Robert WoolseyAddington Ganzy
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Dorothy LeeMary Marsh
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Jobyna HowlandMrs. Rebecca Marsh
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Natalie MoorheadDuchess Bessie Von Essie
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Hugh HerbertHotel House Detective
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George F. MarionRitz de la Rivera Bellboy
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William B. DavidsonFrank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
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Stanley FieldsMcKay, Blackwell Henchman
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Ralf HaroldeJohn Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie
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