How could I pass up a movie called Gorilla Ship (1932)? Vera Reynolds (in her penultimate screen appearance) and Wheeler Oakman are married, but he is increasingly jealous of their longtime friend, Reed Howes. He suggests they go on a cruise on his yacht, and he blows up the ship. They are each eventually rescued by a passing trader skippered by Ralph Ince, known in this movie as 'Gorilla' Larsen -- he's the brother who used to beat up Wolf for being a namby-pamby.
I'd never before noticed Ralph M. Like Productions, although my records show I've seen a couple of them. This one shows all the hallmarks of being an ambitious Poverty Row production with some skilled individuals making the best they can out of a derivative script, which nonetheless has a few actual surprises. Under the direction of Frank Strayer, it's watchable because Ince is pretty good as the larger-than-life Larsen.
The visuals are hard to appreciate in the poor copy I got to look at, but the other performances seem to be all right. With George Chesebro and Lafe McKee.
I'd never before noticed Ralph M. Like Productions, although my records show I've seen a couple of them. This one shows all the hallmarks of being an ambitious Poverty Row production with some skilled individuals making the best they can out of a derivative script, which nonetheless has a few actual surprises. Under the direction of Frank Strayer, it's watchable because Ince is pretty good as the larger-than-life Larsen.
The visuals are hard to appreciate in the poor copy I got to look at, but the other performances seem to be all right. With George Chesebro and Lafe McKee.