Convention Girl
A cabaret hostess is broken-hearted because she loves a gambler who does not love her. Among the regular conventioneers, "Babe" LaVal is the most-in-demand "convention girl" among the Atlantic City ho…
Convention Girl
A cabaret hostess is broken-hearted because she loves a gambler who does not love her. Among the regular conventioneers, "Babe" LaVal is the most-in-demand "convention girl" among the Atlantic City hostesses, plying their trade on the famed Steel Pier or in the vicinity of the Ritz-Carlton Terrace. She is especially favored by Atlantic City casino-owner Dan Higgins, and Ward Hollister, a Philadelphia soap manufacturer, who isn't as squeaky clean as his product. She also has time to monitor the relationship between her weird-looking, tap-dancing nephew, Tommy LaVal, and sweet Daisy Miller who, may or may not, be pure as the driven snow. Tommy poses no threat to her purity. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> Filmed against the background of Atlantic City and hinting at the naughty doings of conventioneers in that seaside resort, this picture goes wide of the entertainment mark at the hands of Director Luther Reed and misses with plenty to spare. Rose Hobart, Herbert Rawlinson and Weldon Heyburn are convincing in their parts but more than their efforts were needed to make the film click. The photography by Nicholas Rogalli is only fair. The yarn, adapted from a novel by George Boyle, has Miss Hobart the chief "supplier" of girls for conventionites. Heyburn is in love with her, but she resents his being a gambler. Rawlinson enters the picture when he enlists Miss Hobart's aid in reclaiming his sales manager, who is drinking himself under because of her lack of affection. Rawlinson then gives Miss Hobart a check to pay his manager's bills but it falls into the hands of her weak nephew, Toni Reed, who tries to blackmail Rawlinson. The complications thus arising are numerous but all ends well when Rawlinson gives Heyburn a job and thus paving the way for his wedding to Miss Hobart.
Convention Girl
Comedy,Drama,Music
Film Details
A cabaret hostess is broken-hearted because she loves a gambler who does not love her. Among the regular conventioneers, "Babe" LaVal is the most-in-demand "convention girl" among the Atlantic City hostesses, plying their trade on the famed Steel Pier or in the vicinity of the Ritz-Carlton Terrace. She is especially favored by Atlantic City casino-owner Dan Higgins, and Ward Hollister, a Philadelphia soap manufacturer, who isn't as squeaky clean as his product.
She also has time to monitor the relationship between her weird-looking, tap-dancing nephew, Tommy LaVal, and sweet Daisy Miller who, may or may not, be pure as the driven snow. Tommy poses no threat to her purity. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> Filmed against the background of Atlantic City and hinting at the naughty doings of conventioneers in that seaside resort, this picture goes wide of the entertainment mark at the hands of Director Luther Reed and misses with plenty to spare.
Rose Hobart, Herbert Rawlinson and Weldon Heyburn are convincing in their parts but more than their efforts were needed to make the film click. The photography by Nicholas Rogalli is only fair. The yarn, adapted from a novel by George Boyle, has Miss Hobart the chief "supplier" of girls for conventionites.
Heyburn is in love with her, but she resents his being a gambler. Rawlinson enters the picture when he enlists Miss Hobart's aid in reclaiming his sales manager, who is drinking himself under because of her lack of affection. Rawlinson then gives Miss Hobart a check to pay his manager's bills but it falls into the hands of her weak nephew, Toni Reed, who tries to blackmail Rawlinson.
The complications thus arising are numerous but all ends well when Rawlinson gives Heyburn a job and thus paving the way for his wedding to Miss Hobart..