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Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)

Directed by Edward F. Cline

Overview

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.

Length 75 minutes

Actors

Bert Wheeler | Robert Woolsey | Dorothy Lee | Jobyna Howland | Natalie Moorhead | Hugh Herbert | George F. Marion | William B. Davidson | Stanley Fields | Ralf Harolde