Ship Ahoy

Ship Ahoy (1942)

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.

Data de estreia
1942-04-16
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (11)
Duração
1 h 35 min
Géneros
Comédia, Romance
Realizador
Edward Buzzell

Elenco

Curiosidades

Ship Ahoy is a 1942 American musical-comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton. It was produced by MGM.

Production

Frank Sinatra's uncredited performance as a singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra was an important early step in establishing his film career.

The movie includes a number in which Powell's character, communicates with US agent in the audience by tapping out a message in morse code.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's promotional efforts included a war bonds tour with members of the cast.

The film was to be called I'll Take Manila but was renamed after the Japanese captured the Philippines. The setting was changed to Puerto Rico and the song “I'll Take Manila" became "I'll Take Tallulah".

Skelton and Powell next paired up in 1943's I Dood It. In that film, they appeared with Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy's brother.

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