Hotel Haywire
Cast & Crew
George Archainbaud
Leo Carillo
Lynne Overman
Mary Carlisle
Benny Baker
Spring Byington
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Dentist Henry Parkhouse and his wife Minerva have an ideal marriage until she finds women's lingerie in his coat pocket the night he returns from a poker game. Unaware that it was placed there by one of Henry's buddies as a joke, Minnie consults astrologer/psychic Dr. Zodiac Z. Zippe. He advises her to make Henry unhappy and jealous, and to hire detectives to follow him. Minnie follows his advice, hiring two former vaudevillians, Genevieve and Bertie Sterns, on his recommendation. After Henry unsuccessfully tries to renew his romance with Minnie, he becomes frustrated and consults Zippe, who convinces him to hire Bertie to follow Minnie. Finally fed up with the situation, Henry tells Minnie he is getting a divorce and rents a hotel room, where he intends to set up a compromising situation following his laywers' advice. In the meantime, the Parkhouses' daughter Phyllis plans to elope with Frank Ketts, the son of her employer, and occupies the hotel room next to Henry's where they will be married by a justice of the peace. All the judges are prevented from going to their room by orders of Frank's father. Genevieve, whom Minnie hired as Henry's assistant, shows up at Henry's room to help his set-up. Finally, the Parkhouses' neighbor, Judge Sterling Newhall, arrives to perform the wedding ceremony for Frank and Phyllis and, in need of a witness, knocks on Henry's door. Henry is surprised to find his daughter getting married, and Phyllis is surprised to find her father in a hotel with a strange woman. After Frank's father, police and Minnie arrive, Mr. Ketts approves of the marriage, and Frank and Phyllis are married. Henry and Minnie then make up, after which they chase Zippe out of town.
Director
George Archainbaud
Cast
Leo Carillo
Lynne Overman
Mary Carlisle
Benny Baker
Spring Byington
George Barbier
Porter Hall
Collette Lyons
John Patterson
Terry Ray
Nick Lukats
Josephine Whittell
Guy Usher
Lucien Littlefield
Chester Conklin
Howard Mitchell
Mitchell Ingraham
James Donlan
Oscar Rudolph
Frank Rowan
Hayden Stevenson
Teddy Hart
Colin Tapley
Billy Arnold
Phillips Smalley
Richard R. Neill
Lowell Drew
Sidney Degrey
Wally Maher
Frank Dawson
Don Brodie
Frank H. Hammond
Helen Dickson
George Anderson
Harry Semels
Franklin Pangborn
Phil Ryley
Henry Sedley
Bill Irving
Almeda Fowler
Jack Clark
Elsa Connor
Don Mckinney
Crew
John Cope
Hans Dreier
George Dutton
A. E. Freudeman
Stanley Goldsmith
Lillie Hayward
Paul Jones
William Lebaron
Boris Morros
Robert Odell
Arthur Schmidt
Henry Sharp
Preston Sturges
Adolph Zukor
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
According to publicity materials in the copyright records, some scenes were filmed at the train station in Glendale, CA. According to Preston Sturges' autobiography, Paramount paid Sturges $17,500 to write this film's story for Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, George Burns and Gracie Allen. By the time of the production, Burns and Allen were no longer with the studio, and another writer was hired to do rewrites for the new cast, according to the autobiography.
