Coronado
ROMANCE SET TO RHYTHM!
1935 · 77 min · ★ 5.0 · Comedy, Romance
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego track, in a tent-city with her father. Otto, and ditzy sister, Violet, June Wray is a singer with the Eddy Duchin Orchestra appearing to the hotel. Johnny Marvin, an aspiring songwriter and the son of a wealthy automobile manufacturer, is staying at the hotel and, from they moment June and Johnny meet, they fall instantly in love. Trouble arises when Johnny's father objects to the romance, and complications and help arrive in the form of two Marine-hating sailors,Chuck Hornbostel and "Pinky" Falls, when Chuck marries June's ditzy sister.
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod · Written by Frank Butler
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Johnny Downs Johnny Marvin -
Betty Burgess June Wray -
Jack Haley Chuck Hornbostel -
Andy Devine Pinky Falls -
Leon Errol Otto Wray -
Alice White Violet Wray Hornbostel -
Eddy Duchin Eddie - Orchestra Leader -
Jameson Thomas Carlton -
Berton Churchill Walter Marvin -
Nella Walker Mrs. Gloria Marvin -
Julie Bishop Barbara Forrest (as Jacqueline Wells) -
James Burke Slug Moran
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