Transatlantic Merry Go Round
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4/10 Letterboxd Genre Comedy, Musical, Mystery Country United States | 6.2/10 Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast (Jimmy Brett), Nancy Carroll (Sally Marsh), (Chad Denby), (Dan Campbell, the Drunk), (Mitzi), (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) 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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Plot

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