Convention City

Convention City is a 1933 American PreCode 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.

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.During production, the film faced censorship problems from Motion Picture Association of America MPPDA due to its risque content and dialogue. Joan Blondell later said, We were forever doing things among ourselves with double meanings. Finally, they would have people in the front office just watch for what wed say offcolor. Several lines were ordered to be removed by the MPPDA censors including ........

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