USA, 1937
61m
35mm film, black and white,
mono (R.C.A. Victor “High Fidelity” Sound System), English
An American borderline science fiction film directed by Ralph Staub.
Plot Summary
Cappy Ricks, an ageing sea captain, returns home to find that his daughter is about to marry a man he doesn’t approve of and that his future mother-in-law has taken over the running of his business, fulling automating his flagship with high-tech gadgets.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Ralph Staub
Copyright MCMXXXVII [1937] by Republic Pictures, Corp.
Republic Pictures presents
Original Screen Play: Lester Cole
Based on Story by: Peter B. Kyne
Photography: Ernest Miller
Supervising Editor: Murray Seldeen
Film Editor: William Morgan
Musical Supervision: Alberto Colombo
Sound Engineer: Terry Kellum
Costumes by: Eloise
Cast
Walter Brennan [Cappy Ricks]
Mary Brian [Frances ‘Frankie’ Ricks]
Lyle Talbot [Bill Peck]
Frank Shields [real name: Frank Shields Sr] [Waldo P. Bottomly Jr]
Frank Melton [Matt Peasely]
Georgia Caine [Mrs Amanda Peasely]
Phyllis Barry [Ellen Ricks Peasely]
William B. Davidson [Waldo P. Bottomly Sr]
Frank Shannon [Captain Braddock]
Howard Brooks [Revere the butler]
References
Periodicals
- Kinematograph Weekly no.1589 (30 September 1937)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.4 no.45 (September 1937) p.192
- Motion Picture Herald vol.127 no.10 (5 June 1937)
