Convention City (1933)
Overview
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. The position of sales manager is bestowed upon a drunken employee as a bribe after he catches J.B. about to visit "Daisy La Rue, Exterminator." Considered a lost film.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $239,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $522,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.908 |
Directed By
Archie Mayo
Crew
Henry Blanke
Owen Marks
Archie Mayo
Robert Lord
Peter Milne
William Rees
Orry-Kelly
Edward Chodorov
Milo Anderson
Esdras Hartley
Maxwell Arnow
TOP CAST
Joan Blondell
Nancy Lorraine
Adolphe Menjou
T.R. (Ted) Kent
Dick Powell
Jerry Ford
Mary Astor
Arlene Dale
Guy Kibbee
George Ellerbe
Frank McHugh
Will Goodwin
Hugh Herbert
Hotstetter
Grant Mitchell
J.B. Honeywell
Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Ellerbe
Patricia Ellis
Claire Honeywell
Hobart Cavanaugh
Wendell Orchard
Egon Brecher
Zorb
Sheila Terry
Mrs. Kent
Gordon Westcott
Phil Lorraine / Frank Wilson
Barbara Rogers
Lulu
Harry C. Bradley
Graham
Lorin Raker
Clerk
Samuel S. Hinds
McAllister
William Burress
Customer (as William Burress)
Virginia Howell
Mrs. Orchard
Johnny Arthur
Leonard Travis
Huey White
Bootlegger
Sam Godfrey
Private Detective
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