Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his ...
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Title: Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gene Raymond | ... | Jimmy Brett | |
| Nancy Carroll | ... | Sally Marsh | |
| Jack Benny | ... | Chad Denby | |
| Sydney Howard | ... | Dan Campbell, the Drunk | |
| Mitzi Green | ... | Mitzi | |
| Sid Silvers | ... | Shorty | |
| Frank Parker | ... | Frank Parker - Tenor Singer | |
| Sidney Blackmer | ... | Lee Lother | |
| Ralph Morgan | ... | Herbert Rosson | |
| Shirley Grey | ... | Anya Rosson | |
| Patsy Kelly | ... | Patsy Clarke | |
| Sam Hardy | ... | Jack Summers | |
| William 'Stage' Boyd | ... | Joe Saunders (as William Boyd) | |
| Robert Elliott | ... | Inspector 'Mac' McKinney | |
| Carlyle Moore Jr. | ... | Ned Marsh (as Carlyle Moore) | |
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Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his flirtations with his old moll, night club singer Sally Marsh, who had agreed for one last night with Lother, to get her younger brother Ned out of the Lother's clutches because he has faked Lother's name on a check to pay his gambling debts. Then there is Sally's new flame Jimmy Brett, a con man and gentlemen thief, who has out-tricked Lother in a fixed poker game, and is, together with shorty, after the ladies jewels. Inspector McKinney suspects Joe Saunders, a recently released convict, who was arrested due to some tips by Lother, but Ned and Sally insist that they committed the crime alone. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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bare chested male | man wears a swimsuit | thief | singer | ocean liner |Taglines:
Radio's Grandest Funster...making the waves rock with laughter in a star-studded merry-go-round of mystery, comedy and song! (Print Ad- Washington Reporter, ((Washington, Penna.)) 24 November 1934)Certificate:
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Lyrics by Sidney Clare
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Performed by Mitzi Green
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Under its re-release title, Keep 'Em Laughing, this film received its earliest documented telecast Monday 10 July 1944 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). On the West Coast, television viewers got their first look at it in Los Angeles Sunday 11 June 1950 on KECA (Channel 7). See more »Quotes
Sally Marsh: [after having told Jimmy Brett that she'd got quite a past] So if you have an appointment elsewhere, I'll excuse you.See more »
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The film's title comes on the screen as a whirling ball of undifferentiated letters that eventually rolls out and spells out the title via animation. The same effect is used for "The End" title at the finish. See more »Soundtracks
Oh, Leo, It's LoveLyrics by Sidney Clare
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Performed by Mitzi Green
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Country:
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2 November 1934 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Atlanterhavs-Mysteriet See more »Filming Locations:
RKO-Pathé Studios - 9336 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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For the most part, Benjamin Stoloff's "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round" is a typical 1930s musical. There's nothing particularly special about it.
Except for something that I found out while reading about the cast members. I already knew about Sidney Blackmer (Lee Lothar). But while reading about Patsy Kelly (Patsy), I saw that, yes, she also appeared in Roman Polanski's adaptation of Ira Levin's novel.* Patsy Kelly was also one of the few openly LGBT performers of that era; I wonder how many bigots watched this movie back in the day and didn't know that they were watching a movie starring a lesbian.
Yeah, how many people would even think to mention all those things? Anyway, the movie is what it is. A lot of attractive women, but nothing that I would call art.
*Yet another person who appeared in "Rosemary's Baby" was Emmaline Henry, who played Amanda Bellows on "I Dream of Jeannie". Talk about a weird link between two eras!