

Convention City
We're off to - "Convention City"
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$239000
Revenue
$522000
Runtime
69 min
Release Date
1933-12-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
3.7
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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