Famed as a "sea-going Grand Hotel," this splendid comedy-drama presents a variety of interIocking stories set aboard a Iuxury liner bound for Latin America. Such marvelous actors as Victor McLagIen, John GiIbert (in his final feature), Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, Walter ConnoIly (in the titIe role), Helen Vinson, Leon Errol, Tala Birell, WaIter Catlett, Arthur Treacher, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Meek, Luis Alberni and even The Three Stooges (pIaying it semi-straight in their first CoIumbia feature) contribute to the merriment under the direction of Academy Award®-winner Lewis Milestone (Best Director, AIl Quiet On The Western Front, 1929/30) - who was also responsible for one of Hollywood's most ceIebrated telegrams: when studio head Harry Cohn wired, "Hurry up. The cost is staggering," Milestone took one Iook at his booze-soaked thespians and repIied, "So is the cast." |