HOT CURVES (1930) Benny Rubin, Pert Kelton & Rex Lease | Comedy, Drama, Romance | B&W

Hot Curves is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy-drama film produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures and directed by Norman Taurog.[1] A print is held by the Library of Congress.[2]

Rex Lease, Benny Rubin and Alice Day star. The supporting cast features Pert Kelton.

SYNOPSIS
One player on a baseball team lets his ego run his life and ends up losing the girl he is dating--who happens to be the team manager's daughter. Another player on the team is a great pitcher but a terrible catcher, is more of a comic relief, and is dating a somewhat odd girl.

Jim Dolan, with a little help from his grandmother, shows the Pittsburgh baseball team what a good pitcher he can be. Jim also becomes involved in romance with Elaine, the manager's daughter, while Maizie, a gold digger, schemes to come between them.

Ballpark vendor Benny, by coincidence, becomes the team's catcher while his quirky sweetheart, Cookie, cheers him on. Jim becomes arrogant, alienates teammates and is even suspended, but snaps out of it in time to save the big game of the World Series.

CAST & CREW
Benny Rubin as Benny Goldberg
Rex Lease as Jim Dolan
Alice Day as Elaine McGrew
Pert Kelton as Cookie
John Ince as Mr McGrew, Baseball Team Manager, Elaine's father
Mary Carr as "Grandma Dolan"
Mike Donlin as Baseball Team Scout
Natalie Moorhead as Maizie
Paul Hurst as "Slug" (a baseball player)
Henry Hall as Baseball Team Owner
Marceline Day as Girl
Robert Livingston as a baseball player (billed as Robert Randall)
Greta Granstedt as Girl

Directed by Norman Taurog
Written by Frank Mortimer (story), Benny Rubin (story), A. P. Younger (story)
Produced by Tiffany Pictures
Cinematography Max Dupont
Edited by Clarence Kolster
Distributed by Tiffany Pictures
Release date: June 15, 1930
Running time: 83 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English