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Coronado
“ROMANCE SET TO RHYTHM!”
5.0 / 10• 1935• 1h 17m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Johnny Downs
Johnny Marvin
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Z. McLeod's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Coronado is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
