Movie: "Ship Ahoy"
| Release Date: | May 1942 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Musical / Romance |
| Runtime: | 95 min. |
| Cast: | Eleanor Powell (Tallulah Winters), Red Skelton (Merton K. Kibble), Bert Lahr (Skip Owens) Virginia O'Brien (Fran Evans) William Post Jr. (H. U. Bennet) James Cross ('Stump', a dancer) Eddie Hartman ('Stumpy', a dancer) Stuart Crawford (Art Higgins) John Emery (Dr. Farno) Bernard Nedell (Pietro Polesi) Tommy Dorsey (Himself, orchestra leader) Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (Themselves) The Pied Pipers (Themselves) John Huddleston (Himself (as The Pied Pipers)) Chuck Lowry (Himself (as The Pied Pipers)) Jo Stafford (Herself (as The Pied Pipers)) Clark Yocum (Himself (as The Pied Pipers)) Philip Ahn (Koro Sumo (uncredited)) Mariska Aldrich (Waldo's mother (uncredited)) Ernie Alexander (Stagehand (uncredited)) Zita Baca (Woman (uncredited)) Louise Bates (Passenger (uncredited)) Barbara Bedford (Mrs. Loring (uncredited)) Gladys Blake (Merton's secretary (uncredited)) Hillary Brooke (Hillary, a girl (uncredited)) James Conaty (Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Baldwin Cooke (Steward (uncredited)) Mary Currier (Merton's secretary with glasses...) Mark Daniels (Ship wireless operator (uncredited)) Cliff Danielson (Ship wireless operator (uncredited)) Harry Depp (Man in Kissing Line (uncredited)) John Dilson (Dr. Loring (uncredited)) Joe Dominguez (Cart driver (uncredited)) Ralph Dunn (Agent Grimes (uncredited)) Jay Eaton (Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Ziggy Elman (Himself (uncredited)) Bess Flowers (Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Martin Garralaga (Hotel clerk (uncredited)) Bud Geary (Sailor (uncredited)) The Guardsmen (Themselves (uncredited)) Henry Guttman (German sailor (uncredited)) Connie Haines (Herself, singer in Tommy Dorsey...) Sam Harris (Man in Audience (uncredited)) Grace Hayle (Merton's pianist (uncredited)) Russell Hicks (Captain C.V. O'Brien (uncredited)) Carol Hughes (Merton's typing secretary (uncredited)) Arthur Stuart Hull (Passenger (uncredited)) Jerry James (Dancer (uncredited)) Harvey Karels (Dancer (uncredited)) Red Knight (Dancer (uncredited)) Bobby Larson (Waldo, a boy on boat (uncredited)) Lou Lubin (Steward (uncredited)) Frank Marlowe (Stagehand (uncredited)) Charles Mayon (Dancer (uncredited)) Frank McClure (Man in Audience (uncredited)) Buddy Morrow (Musician (uncredited)) Edmund Mortimer (Passenger (uncredited)) Moroni Olsen (Inspector Davis (uncredited)) Anne O'Neal (Captain's wife (uncredited)) Nestor Paiva (Felix, a henchman (uncredited)) John Raitt (Sailor (uncredited)) Hal Rand (Dancer (uncredited)) Robin Raymond (Cigarette girl (uncredited)) Otto Reichow (Waiter (uncredited)) Grandon Rhodes (Lt. Cmdr. Thurston (uncredited)) Addison Richards (Agent in Puerto Rico (uncredited)) Buddy Rich (Himself, drummer in Tommy Dorsey...) Julian Rivero (Photographer (uncredited)) Henry Rowland (Operator contacting submarine...) Connie Russell (Chorus girl (uncredited)) Jeffrey Sayre (Man in Kissing Line / Nightclub...) Frank Sinatra (Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra...) George Sorel (Headwaiter (uncredited)) Bert Stevens (Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Henry Sylvester (Doorman (uncredited)) William Tannen (Agent Flammer (uncredited)) Charles Teske (Dancer (uncredited)) Charles Thomas (Ship's officer (uncredited)) Natalie Thompson (Girl talking to Hillary (uncredited)) Mary Treen (Nurse (uncredited)) Lucio Villegas (Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) James Warren (Ship's officer (uncredited)) Bryant Washburn (Ship's officer (uncredited)) George Watts (Hotel detective (uncredited)) Grant Withers (Waiter (uncredited)) Victor Zimmerman (Ship's officer (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved. The enemy agents got the plan from a pulp novel written by Kibble, who is also on the ship and falls for her. But then she overhears his new novel and believes that he is talking about her. So when they leave the boat, she ignores him, but somehow, the bags get switched and he gets the magnetic mine - which she must later retrieve. It is mainly a Tommy Dorsey showcase with Sinatra singing - Powell dancing - and a small plot.
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