Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
| Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Benjamin Stoloff |
| Produced by | Edward Small |
| Written by | Leon Gordon |
| Music by | Alfred Newman Richard A. Whiting |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Editing by | Hanson T. Fritch |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 2 November 1934 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round is a 1934 American film comedy-mystery-musical directed by Benjamin Stoloff.
Gangster Lee Lother (Sidney Blackmer) is shot and killed during an ocean liner cruise, and we're introduced in flashback to the interwoven stories and characters of the suspects: con-man and jewel-thief Jimmy Brett and his accomplice, a wife who bids goodbye to her husband without realizing he'll stowaway to spy on her, the star of the ship's entertainment revue and her brother with gambling debts, and the Inspector who interrupts his vacation to solve the case.
The film's many musical numbers include a Busby Berkeley-like number with chorus girls in geometric patterns filmed from overhead, and a song by The Boswell Sisters with an early reference to "rock and roll".
[edit] Cast
- Gene Raymond as Jimmy Brett
- Nancy Carroll as Sally Marsh
- Jack Benny as Chad Denby
- Sydney Howard as Dan Campbell, the Drunk
- Mitzi Green as Mitzi
- Sid Silvers as Shorty
- Frank Parker as Frank, the Tenor
- Sidney Blackmer as Lee Lother
- Ralph Morgan as Herbert Rosson
- Shirley Grey as Anya Rosson
- Patsy Kelly as Patsy Clarke
- Sam Hardy as Jack Summers
- William 'Stage' Boyd as Joe Saunders
- Robert Elliott as Inspector 'Mac' McKinney
- The Boswell Sisters as themselves
- Allan Cavan as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- André Cheron as Frenchman (uncredited)
- Wallis Clark as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
- Don Douglas as Purser (uncredited)
- Bess Flowers as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
- Mary Forbes as Passenger (uncredited)
- Esther Howard as Passenger (uncredited)
- Wilfred Lucas as Policeman at Dock (uncredited)
- Tom McGuire as Detective (uncredited)
- Wedgwood Nowell as Waiter (uncredited)
- Dennis O'Keefe as Passenger Watching Revue (uncredited)
- Lee Phelps as Porter at Dock (uncredited)
- Syd Saylor as Campbell's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Larry Steers as Passenger Asked to Get Purser (uncredited)
