Melody Cruise

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Melody Cruise is a 1933 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich, known for its lighthearted shipboard romance and early use of musical numbers that helped establish Sandrich’s Hollywood career.

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instanceOf film
basedOn original screenplay
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy J. Roy Hunt
countryOfOrigin United States
director Mark Sandrich
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy George Crone
era Pre-Code Hollywood
filmingStudio RKO Studios
linked to: RKO Radio Pictures
genre comedy film
musical film
hasComposer Max Steiner
hasFilmFormat sound film
hasMainCharacter Alan Chandler
Bates
hasShipboardSetting true
hasSongPerformanceBy Phil Harris
hasTheme bachelor lifestyle
romantic misunderstandings
hasWorkingTitle Love Boat
linked to: The Love Boat
language English
musicBy Max Steiner
notableFor early use of musical numbers
lighthearted shipboard romance
originalLanguage English
partOf early 1930s Hollywood musical cycle
plotSummary Two bachelors on an ocean cruise become entangled in romantic complications with several women.
producer David O. Selznick
Merian C. Cooper
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
releaseDate June 9, 1933
releaseYear 1933
runtimeMinutes 60
screenwriter Don Hartman
Franklin Coen
Mark Sandrich
setting ocean liner
significance helped establish Mark Sandrich’s Hollywood career
stars Charles Ruggles
Greta Nissen
Helen Mack
June Brewster
Phil Harris

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