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Convention City is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Archie Mayo released in USA on 14 december 1933 with Joan Blondell

Convention City (1933)

Convention City
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Released in USA 14 december 1933
Length 1h9
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating69% 3.4921053.4921053.4921053.4921053.492105

Convention City is a 1933 American Pre-Code sex comedy film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Mary Astor and Adolphe Menjou. The film was produced by Henry Blanke and First National Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros.

Due to its racy content, Convention City was banned after the Motion Picture Production Code (18+) was enacted in 1934. Prints were subsequently ordered to be destroyed by studio head Jack L. Warner. The film is now considered lost and has become one of the more coveted lost films because of its reported racy content.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around the convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. Throughout the film, the employees of Honeywell Rubber are mainly concerned with drinking and sex. President J.B. Honeywell (Grant Mitchell) is to choose a new company salesmanager. T.R. Kent (Adolphe Menjou) and George Ellerbe (Guy Kibbee) are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman Arlene Dale (Mary Astor) interferes with his attempted seduction of J.B.'s daughter and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine (Joan Blondell). 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".

Actors

Joan Blondell

(Nancy Lorraine)Guy Kibbee

(George Ellerbe)Dick Powell

(Jerry Ford)Mary Astor

(Arlene Dale)Adolphe Menjou

(T.R. (Ted) Kent)
And :
Frank McHugh
Patricia Ellis
Ruth Donnelly
Hugh Herbert
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