6.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Convention City (1933)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.4
Overview
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. 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." Considered a lost film.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. 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." Considered a lost film.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Convention City uses a political convention merely as a vibrant backdrop for romantic entanglements and comedic situations, deliberately avoiding any substantive political commentary or ideological promotion. The film's primary focus is on entertainment and personal drama, rendering it politically neutral.
This 1933 film features a cast primarily composed of traditional white actors, reflecting the common casting practices of its era. The narrative does not present critical portrayals of traditional identities or incorporate explicit themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Secondary
Convention City (1933) is a pre-Code musical comedy centered on the chaotic events of a business convention. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its plot, focusing instead on heterosexual relationships and comedic situations.
Convention City (1933) is a pre-Code musical comedy centered on the romantic and comedic escapades of attendees at a business convention. The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to gender identity or transition within its narrative. Therefore, an evaluation of its portrayal of such themes is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Convention City (1933) is an original film, not an adaptation or reboot of existing material. Therefore, its characters do not have a pre-established canonical or historical gender to be swapped from.
Convention City is an original film from 1933, not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established character races or a biopic of historical figures. Therefore, there is no prior canonical or historical race for its characters to be swapped from.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
3.7
Critic Ratings
8.6
N/A
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