Melody Cruise (film)

Melody Cruise
Sylvia Chambers, Charles Ruggles and June Brewster in Melody Cruise
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Starring Charles Ruggles
Edited by Jack Kitchin
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
 June 16, 1933
Country United States
Language English
Budget $163,000[1]
Box office $485,000[1]

Melody Cruise is a 1933 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich, his first feature film with sound. The film received praise for Sandrich's creative direction, and solidly established him as a commercial director.[2]

Plot

On a cruise liner a bachelor millionaire is subject to the attention of women seeking a rich husband.

Principal cast

Uncredited

Box office

The movie made a profit of $150,000.[1]

Reception

New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall found the film to be a "conventional farce", but praised "the imaginative direction of Mark Sandrich, who is alert in seizing any opportunity for cinematic stunts" and whose worked gave the production "a foreign aspect" with "some extraordinarily clever photography".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
  2. ↑ Jeremy Arnold, "Melody Cruise", TCM (accessed January 20, 2018).
  3. ↑ Mordaunt Hall, "Charles Ruggles and Phil Harris in a Combination of Pleasant Nonsense and Agreeable Melody." The New York Times, June 23, 1933.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.