Down to Their Last Yacht

Such a fun group -- Mary Boland (The Women), Ned Sparks (Bride Walks Out, Imitation of Life), Sterling Holloway, Sydney Blackmer. Too bad they couldn't have given that group a better script to work with, but here it is. As the title suggests, the family is quickly running out of cash, so they rent out their "last yacht" for a big cruise to the upper crust. The script starts out with a plausible story, but goes silly about halfway through, and i'm also not a fan of all those musical song-and-dance numbers. Ned Sparks is his usual awesome self, with his slow, dry, sarcastic statements, as the captain. When the ship runs aground, they have to deal with "Queenie" (Boland), who pretty much carries the second half of the film, with her musings and wisecracks. and that final song and dance number... it just goes on for-everrrrrrrr! this one is just campy and silly enough to be fun, but the story line goes off the rails, for sure. fun, if just for the historical value. Directed by Paul Sloane, who had been around since the EARLY days of silents. It's watchable, and has two of my favorite character actors... Boland and Sparks! Check it out! it's fun and upbeat.