A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ...
(92 min) Released 1936-01-24
Director: Lewis Milestone
Stars: Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles, Ida Lupino, Arthur Treacher
LeRoy Prinz ... choreographer
Comedy | Musical
Nice collection of Cole Porter tunes: Anything Goes (partial),
I Get a Kick Out of You, There'll Always Be A Lady Fair, You're the Top. Plus 4 from other composers.
The Avalon Boys quartet act as crew men, and include Chill Wills, whose singing voice is as sweet as his speaking voice. The Quartet has 2 actor credits and 2 more soundtrack credits, but 6 films total (1 with credits individually only, and 1 without mentioning Avalon Boys at all).
I was surprised to see a credited choreographer, but there is a tiny bit of tapping by several girls when Reno (EM) boards the ship, and a limited production number when she disembarks toward the end of the film. Have they been aboard ship?
The story is a pleasant puff of fluff. Great to have Charles Ruggles (sans mustache!) and Arthur Treacher to add comedy. Ruggles, as the gangster on the lam, gets lots of ignoramus vocabulary jokes.
Ida Lupino displays almost no personality, but that's likely how the role is written. This is her 14th film (only 1 uncredited, otherwise as a character with a name). I remember seeing Search for Beauty (1934) where her character had more to do and emote.
Margaret Dumont has a too small role. Philip Ahn and Key Luke play Chinese who gamble well (craps on the floor), and speak-ee with an "accent".
My bootleg print is rather soft focus, but not worth buying an official version if it ever gets released.
Paramount, dir. Milestone; 6+
I Get a Kick Out of You, There'll Always Be A Lady Fair, You're the Top. Plus 4 from other composers.
The Avalon Boys quartet act as crew men, and include Chill Wills, whose singing voice is as sweet as his speaking voice. The Quartet has 2 actor credits and 2 more soundtrack credits, but 6 films total (1 with credits individually only, and 1 without mentioning Avalon Boys at all).
I was surprised to see a credited choreographer, but there is a tiny bit of tapping by several girls when Reno (EM) boards the ship, and a limited production number when she disembarks toward the end of the film. Have they been aboard ship?
The story is a pleasant puff of fluff. Great to have Charles Ruggles (sans mustache!) and Arthur Treacher to add comedy. Ruggles, as the gangster on the lam, gets lots of ignoramus vocabulary jokes.
Ida Lupino displays almost no personality, but that's likely how the role is written. This is her 14th film (only 1 uncredited, otherwise as a character with a name). I remember seeing Search for Beauty (1934) where her character had more to do and emote.
Margaret Dumont has a too small role. Philip Ahn and Key Luke play Chinese who gamble well (craps on the floor), and speak-ee with an "accent".
My bootleg print is rather soft focus, but not worth buying an official version if it ever gets released.
Paramount, dir. Milestone; 6+
