| The Captain Hates the Sea | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Milestone |
| Screenplay by | Wallace Smith Arnold Belgard |
| Based on | The Captain Hates the Sea 1933 novel byWallace Smith |
| Produced by | Lewis Milestone |
| Starring | Victor McLaglen Wynne Gibson Alison Skipworth John Gilbert Helen Vinson |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Edited by | Gene Milford |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] 85 minutes (Sony Pictures Television Print) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Captain Hates the Sea is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures.[2][3] The film, which involves a Grand Hotel-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notable as the last feature film of silent film icon John Gilbert and the first Columbia feature to include The Three Stooges (Curly Howard, Moe Howard and Larry Fine) in the cast, cast as the ship's orchestra. The film also stars Victor McLaglen, Arthur Treacher, Akim Tamiroff, Leon Errol and Walter Connolly.[4][5]
Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the ship San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private detective hoping to nab criminal Danny Checkett with a fortune in stolen bonds. Steve begins drinking, all the while observing the various stories of other passengers on board, several of whom turn out not to be who they seem to be.
During production, the film went over budget due in large part to the alcohol-fueled partying by Gilbert, McLaglen, Errol, Catlett and Connolly. Harry Cohn, the head of Columbia, became alarmed and sent a cable to Lewis Milestone that read: "Hurry up! The cost is staggering!" Milestone, in turn, sent a cable to Cohn that read: "So is the cast!"[6][7]
The exterior footage of the San Capeador (filmed at San Pedro Harbor) would be recycled in the Three Stooges' short Dunked in the Deep.[8]
ADVDofThe Captain Hates the Sea was released on August 2, 2011 by Sony and is available at shop.tcm.com .[5]
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