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Release Date:
7 March 1932 (USA) more
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Cast

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Peggy Shannon ... Ruth Carleton
Theodore von Eltz ... Jim Bennett
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Detective Martin
Henry B. Walthall ... Winthrop
Alan Mowbray ... Walter Underwood
Mary Carlisle ... Alicia
Bert Roach ... Charlie Layton
Ethel Clayton ... Mrs. Underwood
Rockliffe Fellowes ... Tierney
William Scott ... Mills
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Mystery Room 705 (USA) (TV title)
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67 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

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Checking In, Checking Out, 25 January 2009
4/10
Author: wesconnorsehny from Earth

The "Hotel Continental" has seen 50 years of romance, intrigue, and tragedy. But, in one day, the bustling building is going be demolished, "until the last brick is carted away." Its "last night" attracts many nostalgic patrons to the "Continental", but most importantly (for the sake of this motion picture), it attracts embezzler Theodore von Eltz (as James Bennett). The suave Mr. Von Eltz has just finished a stint in prison, and needs to collect a stash of money before the hotel closes. Von Eltz checks in as "A. R. Cooper", and maneuvers his way into the suite where he stashed the money. Along the way, he falls in love with suicidal Peggy Shannon (as Ruth Carleton). Von Eltz doesn't know it, but the duplicitous Ms. Shannon has ulterior motives!

You will need to check your brain at the door of the "Hotel Continental", if you want to fully enjoy the movie. There is NO WAY this building is ready to be torn down. Every fixture remains in place - probably, even the soap and towels haven't been removed. The place is, also, doing rather brisk business. Mostly, director Christy Cabanne follows the Von Eltz/Shannon storyline, with drunken Irishman Bert Roach (as Charlie Layton) providing comic relief. Mr. Cabanne was a D.W. Griffith "Biograph" veteran, as was Henry B. Walthall, who has a small role (as Tommy Winthrop). "Tiffany Productions" got this film out in time to get some box office overflow from MGM's impending "Grand Hotel".

**** Hotel Continental (1932) Christy Cabanne ~ Theodore von Eltz, Peggy Shannon, Bert Roach, Henry B. Walthall

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