Slave Ship (film)
1937 film by Tay Garnett
- June 12, 1937 (June 12, 1937)
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Slave Ship is a 1937 American historical adventure film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery and Elizabeth Allan. The supporting cast features Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, and Joseph Schildkraut. It is one of very few films out of the forty-eight that Beery made during the sound era for which he did not receive top billing.
Plot
Cast
- Warner Baxter as Jim Lovett
- Wallace Beery as Jack Thompson
- Elizabeth Allan as Nancy Marlowe
- Mickey Rooney as Swifty
- George Sanders as Lefty
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Marlowe
- Joseph Schildkraut as Danelo
- Miles Mander as Corey
- Arthur Hohl as Grimes
- Douglas Scott as Young Boy at Launching
- Minna Gombell as Mabel
- Billy Bevan as Atkins
- Francis Ford as Scraps
- Jane Jones as Ma Belcher
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Proprietor
- J. P. McGowan as Helmsman
- DeWitt Jennings as Snodgrass
- Paul Hurst as Drunk
- Dorothy Christy as Blonde
- Charles B. Middleton as Slave Dealer
- Dewey Robinson as Bartender
- Holmes Herbert as Commander
- Edwin Maxwell as Auctioneer
- Herbert Heywood as Old Man at Launching
- Winter Hall as Minister
- Marilyn Knowlden as Christener at Launching
- Arthur Aylesworth as Stranger
Reception
Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a mixed review, finding fault with the "slow-motion emotions" of Warner Baxter's acting and the plot's "slowness and inevitability" whereas real life is replete with "unexpected encounter[s]". Nevertheless, Greene opined that "[Slave-Ship] isn't a bad film, [and] it has excellent moments". Chief amongst these moments, Greene praised the knife-throwing scenes and the general acting of Wallace Beery.[2]
References
- ^ Based upon a historical novel "The Last Slaver" by Dr. George S. King of Bay Shore, New York. Dr King's NY Times obituary
- ^ Greene, Graham (19 August 1937). "Slave-Ship/Stradivarius/Woman Chases Man". Night and Day. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links
- Slave Ship at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Slave Ship at IMDb
- Slave Ship at the TCM Movie Database
- Slave Ship at AllMovie
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Films directed by Tay Garnett
- The Spieler (1928)
- Celebrity (1928)
- The Flying Fool (1929)
- Oh, Yeah! (1929)
- Her Man (1930)
- Officer O'Brien (1930)
- Bad Company (1931)
- Prestige (1932)
- One Way Passage (1932)
- Okay, America! (1932)
- Destination Unknown (1933)
- S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
- China Seas (1935)
- Professional Soldier (1935)
- She Couldn't Take It (1935)
- Love Is News (1937)
- Slave Ship (1937)
- Stand-In (1937)
- Joy of Living (1938)
- Trade Winds (1938)
- Eternally Yours (1939)
- Slightly Honorable (1939)
- Seven Sinners (1940)
- Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
- My Favorite Spy (1942)
- Bataan (1943)
- The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
- Mrs. Parkington (1944)
- The Valley of Decision (1945)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
- Wild Harvest (1947)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- The Fireball (1950)
- Soldiers Three (1951)
- Cause for Alarm! (1951)
- One Minute to Zero (1952)
- Main Street to Broadway (1953)
- The Black Knight (1954)
- Seven Wonders of the World (1956)
- A Terrible Beauty (1960)
- Cattle King (1963)
- The Delta Factor (1970)
- Challenge to Be Free (1975)
- Timber Tramps (1975)
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