Lupe Velez (Carmelita), Leon Errol (Lord Epping/Uncle Matt), Charles "Buddy" Rogers (Dennis Lindsay), Elizabeth Risdon (Aunt Della), Eddie Dunn (Skinner), Harry Holman (Baldwin), Florence Bates (Mrs Baldwin), ZaSu Pitts (Miss Pepper), Marion Martin (Fifi), Lydia Bilbrook (Lady Epping), Marten Lamont (purser), Mary Field (Agnes), Ferris Taylor (Captain Nelson), Julie Warren (maid at party), Warren Jackson (reporter), John Maguire (First Officer Reynolds), Richard Martin, Wayne McCoy (stewards), Lew Davis (waiter).
Director: LESLIE GOODWINS. Screenplay: Charles E. Roberts, Jerry Cady. Film editor: Theron Warth. Photography: Jack Mackenzie. Art directors: Albert S. D'Agostino, Walter E. Keller. Set decorator: Darrell Silvera. Costumes: Edward Stevenson. Music directed by Constantin Bakaleinikoff. Sound recording: Earl A. Wolcott. RCA Sound System. Producer: Cliff Reid.
Copyright 1 January 1942 by RKO-Radio Pictures, Inc. U.S. release: 13 March 1942. New York opening at the Palace: 25 June 1942. Australian release: 14 May 1942. 6,689 feet. 72 minutes.
COMMENT: The worst of the series, this slapstick melange has little recommend it. It starts promisingly too, but even normally reliable players like Florence Bates (who grossly over-acts), Marion Martin (miscast here as a "good girl" though she still displays some of her siren appeal), and Eddie Dunn (good in small parts, but sad to say that Eddie can't manage the sizable role he's handed here) prove very disappointing. Only Mary Field manages to rise above her mediocre material and Mr Goodwins' lax direction.
Director: LESLIE GOODWINS. Screenplay: Charles E. Roberts, Jerry Cady. Film editor: Theron Warth. Photography: Jack Mackenzie. Art directors: Albert S. D'Agostino, Walter E. Keller. Set decorator: Darrell Silvera. Costumes: Edward Stevenson. Music directed by Constantin Bakaleinikoff. Sound recording: Earl A. Wolcott. RCA Sound System. Producer: Cliff Reid.
Copyright 1 January 1942 by RKO-Radio Pictures, Inc. U.S. release: 13 March 1942. New York opening at the Palace: 25 June 1942. Australian release: 14 May 1942. 6,689 feet. 72 minutes.
COMMENT: The worst of the series, this slapstick melange has little recommend it. It starts promisingly too, but even normally reliable players like Florence Bates (who grossly over-acts), Marion Martin (miscast here as a "good girl" though she still displays some of her siren appeal), and Eddie Dunn (good in small parts, but sad to say that Eddie can't manage the sizable role he's handed here) prove very disappointing. Only Mary Field manages to rise above her mediocre material and Mr Goodwins' lax direction.