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Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Mystery

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
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Director
  
Benjamin Stoloff

Producer
  
Edward Small

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Transatlantic Merry Go Round movie poster

Cast
  
Gene Raymond
(Jimmy Brett),
Nancy Carroll
(Sally Marsh),
Jack Benny
(Chad Denby),
Sydney Howard
(Dan Campbell, the Drunk),
Mitzi Green
(Mitzi),
Sid Silvers
(Shorty)

Release date
  
November 2, 1934 (1934-11-02)

Writer
  
Leon Gordon (story), Joseph Moncure March (additional dialogue and scenes), Harry W. Conn (additional dialogue and scenes)

Music director
  
Alfred Newman, Richard A. Whiting

Similar movies
  
Youll Find Out (1940)

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round is a 1934 American drama film with musical and comedic elements, directed by Benjamin Stoloff.

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Transatlantic Merry Go Round movie scenes

Plot

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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. A song performed by The Boswell Sisters titled "Rock and Roll", written by Richard A. Whiting and Sidney Clare, is sometimes credited as the first use of that term in a popular song.

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)
  • AndrĂ© 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)

    • Production

    London comic Sydney Howard was imported to star. The original title was London Showboat or Showboat of 1934.

    References

    Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

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