Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
Hook Line and Sinker
Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel
75 min
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
- December 26, 1930
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Bert Wheeler as Wilbur Boswell
- Robert Woolsey as Addington Ganzy
- Dorothy Lee as Mary Marsh
- Ralf Harolde as John Blackwell
- Jobyna Howland as Mrs. Rebecca Marsh
- Natalie Moorhead as Duchess Bessie Von Essie
- Hugh Herbert as Hotel House Detective
- George F. Marion as Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
- Stanley Fields as McKay - Blackwell Henchman
- William B. Davidson as Frank Dukette
Crew
- Edward F. Cline · Director
- Tim Whelan · Writer
- Ralph Spence · Writer
- William LeBaron · Producer
- Nicholas Musuraca · Cinematographer
- Archie Marshek · Editor