After spending hours regaling the gang with tall tales of the high seas, gregarious ship captain Billy Gilbert tells them that he's shoving off and wants them to join the crew. His motive? To get them to return to school after he is confronted by Miss Crabtree (June Marlowe) about keeping them from their lessons. They show up that night to discover that he's a brute, not realizing that it's all playacting by him and his made-up crew, all disguised to look as gruesome as possible. It's extremely funny, and indeed, a good lesson is learned. Obviously there have been changes behind the scenes with half a dozen noticable absences. A nice segway from the original talkie cast to the transitional cast, and it's still fresh. Billy Gilbert is hysterically funny with Stymie absolutely delightful.
Review of Shiver My Timbers
