Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

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  • STEAMBOAT ROUND THE BEND


    DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
    PRODUCED BY SOL M. WURTZEL
    FOX FILM CORPORATION



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Dr. John Pearly is an affable turn-of-the-century con man who sells a patent medicine
    that is mostly whiskey.
    He resurrects a broken down steamboat with a makeshift crew and challenges
    the respectable but arrogant Captain Eli to a winner-take-all river race.
    Pearly hopes his nephew Duke will serve as pilot, but he stands accused
    of murdering a 'swamp rat' who threatened the honor of swamp girl Fleety Belle.
    After Duke is arrested, Pearly tries to raise money for a lawyer by displaying
    a wax museum aboard ship. Ultimately he gambles it all in the river race to Baton Rouge,
    where he hopes to find a witness whose treatment will free Duke.
    Written by duke1029


    Full Cast
    Will Rogers ... Doctor John Pearly
    Anne Shirley ... Fleety Belle
    Irvin S. Cobb ... Captain Eli
    Eugene Pallette ... Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
    John McGuire ... Duke
    Berton Churchill ... New Moses
    Francis Ford ... Efe
    Roger Imhof ... Breck's Pappy
    Raymond Hatton ... Matt Abel
    Hobart Bosworth ... Chaplain
    Stepin Fetchit ... Jonah
    C.E. Anderson ... Jailer (uncredited)
    Sam Baker ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
    William 'Billy' Benedict ... Breck (uncredited)
    Heinie Conklin ... Jailbird (uncredited)
    D'Arcy Corrigan ... Hangman (uncredited)
    Luke Cosgrave ... Labor Boss (uncredited)
    Grace Goodall ... Sheriff's Wife (uncredited)
    Ben Hall ... Fleety Belle's Brother (uncredited)
    Dell Henderson ... Salesman (uncredited)
    Robert Homans ... Race Official (uncredited)
    Si Jenks ... Farmer at Demonstrations (uncredited)
    John Lester Johnson ... Uncle Jeff (uncredited)
    Ed Jones ... New Elijah (uncredited)
    Fred Kohler Jr. ... Ben - Fleety Belle's Fiance (uncredited)
    James A. Marcus ... Warden (uncredited)
    Louis Mason ... Boat Race Organizer (uncredited)
    Charles Middleton ... Fleety Belle's Father (uncredited)
    Ferdinand Munier ... Governor (uncredited)
    Robert Parrish ... Boy (uncredited)
    Vester Pegg ... Mink - Pride of Paducah Pilot (uncredited)
    Jack Pennick ... River Man with Pappy (uncredited)
    Otto Richards ... Prisoner (uncredited)
    Ernest Shields ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
    Wingate Smith ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
    John Tyke ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
    Lois Verner ... Addie May (uncredited)
    John Wallace ... Undetermined Role (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Ben Lucien Burman (novel "Steamboat Round the Bend")
    Dudley Nichols (screenplay) and
    Lamar Trotti (screenplay)


    Original Music
    Samuel Kaylin (uncredited)


    Cinematography
    George Schneiderman


    Trivia
    Both Frank Mayo and Jim Thorpe are in studio records/casting call lists as actors in this movie, but neither of them were seen.


    The film was released shortly after Will Rogers' death on 15 August 1935 from an airplane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska. Originally, the ending of the film had him waving goodbye to the character played by Irvin S. Cobb, but the ending was changed to avoid the audience thinking he was saying goodbye to them, which may have caused them to leave the theater in tears.


    Rogers' boat, "Claremore Queen," was named after his home town of Claremore, Oklahoma.


    Rogers bought the rights to the story for $10,000 in 1933. It was Fox's biggest grosser in 1935.


    Cobb's boat, "Pride of Paducah," was named after his home town of Paducah, Kentucky.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
    Sacramento, California, USA
    San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, California, USA


    Watch John Ford talking about the Movie


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Steamboat Round the Bend is a 1935 comedy film,
    starring Will Rogers, in his final film and Anne Shirley



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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().