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Director
  
Lewis Milestone

Cinematography
  
Joseph H. August

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Costume design
  
Robert Kalloch

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
October 22, 1934 (1934-10-22) (U.S.)

Writer
  
Arnold Belgard (continuity), Wallace Smith (novel), Wallace Smith (screenplay)

Cast
  
Victor McLaglen
(Junius P. Schulte),
Wynne Gibson
(Mrs. Jeddock),
Alison Skipworth
(Mrs. Yolanda Magruder),
John Gilbert
(Steve Bramley),
Helen Vinson
(Janet Grayson),
Fred Keating
(Danny Checkett)

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Tagline
  
THE PERFECT CAST - THE PERFECT PICTURE

The captain hates the sea what the big people do


The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a Grand Hotel-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notable as the last feature film of silent film icon John Gilbert and the first Columbia feature to include The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine) in the cast, cast as the ship's orchestra. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Arthur Treacher, Akim Tamiroff, Leon Errol and Walter Connolly.

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Plot

Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the ship San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.

Production

During production, the film went over budget due in large part to the alcohol-fueled partying by Gilbert, McLaglen, Errol, Catlett and Connolly. Harry Cohn, the head of Columbia, became alarmed and sent a cable to Lewis Milestone that read: "Hurry up! The cost is staggering!" Milestone, in turn, sent a cable to Cohn that read: "So is the cast!"

The exterior footage of the San Capeador (filmed at San Pedro Harbor) would be recycled in the Three Stooges' short Dunked in the Deep.

A DVD of The Captain Hates the Sea was released on August 2, 2011 by Sony and is available at shop.tcm.com .

Cast

  • Victor McLaglen - Junius P. Schulte
  • Wynne Gibson - Mrs. Jeddock
  • Alison Skipworth - Mrs. Yolanda Magruder
  • John Gilbert - Steve Bramley
  • Helen Vinson - Janet Grayson
  • Fred Keating - Danny Checkett
  • Leon Errol - Layton
  • Walter Connolly - Captain Helquist
  • Tala Birell - Gerta Klangi
  • Walter Catlett - Joe Silvers
  • References

    The Captain Hates the Sea Wikipedia
    The Captain Hates the Sea IMDb The Captain Hates the Sea themoviedb.org