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3 unusual facts about Convention City


Convention City

Because of the lewdness of the film and lack of influence of the Studio Relations Committee, which was supposed to control objectionable content, Convention City and films like it led to the enforcement of the Production Code, overseen by Joseph Breen.

The New York Times said that "Several of the jokes need a subterranean mind to be correctly understood. An accurate appraisal of "Convention City" should include the information that the Strand's audiences laughed long and loud."

The project's newsletter reproduces a theatre advertisement showing the film on the bottom half of a double bill with Charlie Chan on Broadway.



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Messestadt Riem

Messestadt Riem (literally: Convention City Riem) is the youngest borough of the City of Munich, build on the area of the former Munich-Riem Airport.