Annie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.Annie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.Annie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.
Oscar Apfel
- Reynolds
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Miss Blake - Severn's Secretary
- (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
- Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Robert Barrat
- First Mate of 'Glacier Queen'
- (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
- Second Banker
- (uncredited)
Willie Fung
- Chow - the Cook
- (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
- Banker John Wilcox
- (uncredited)
Marilyn Harris
- Pat Severn, as a Child
- (uncredited)
Sam Harris
- Onlooker on Schooner
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe tugboat used as the "Narcissus" in the film was then named the "Wallowa." It was leased to the filmmakers in Seattle by the Foss Launch & Tug Co. After the movie was filmed, the tugboat was refitted with a new engine and renamed the "Arthur Foss," after Thea Foss's son, who was then president of the Foss Co. Today, the tugboat "Arthur Foss" is owned by the Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center. It is docked on Lake Union in Seattle, next to the Museum of History and Industry, and is open for tours on weekends. The "Arthur Foss" is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The tugboat can also be seen in the MGM short Forbidden Passage (1941), albeit with the picture flipped to help disguise the name on the bow.
- Quotes
Alexander 'Alec' Brennan: Mother! Are you all right? Did he strike you?
Annie Brennan: No! Your father has never struck me. Except in self-defense.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Featured review
On the Waterfront
Tugboat captain Marie Dressler (as Annie) manages to rear a son and run the family business, with only spotty help from alcoholic husband Wallace Beery (as Terry Brennan). "Tugboat Annie" sailed to the top of box office lists, helmed by the tremendous appeal of Ms. Dressler. This is one of her finest and most fondly remembered performances. Dressler would be good anyway, but gets terrific help from Mr. Berry. He and Dressler possess the chemistry and craft to pull off the slightly weak and episodic story.
The weakness is in the bland relationship essayed by Robert Young (as Alexander "Alec" Brennan) and pretty Maureen O'Sullivan (as Patricia "Pat" Severn). Frankie Darro (as young Alec) is fine, studying algebra and history with Dressler in the early scenes, but you wonder how Dressler plus Berry (or anyone) could have netted Mr. Young. The relationship between Dressler and Berry is the story's strength, with the co-stars putting comic pathos in the classic "love triangle" involving wife, husband and alcohol.
******* Tugboat Annie (8/4/33) Mervyn LeRoy ~ Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan
The weakness is in the bland relationship essayed by Robert Young (as Alexander "Alec" Brennan) and pretty Maureen O'Sullivan (as Patricia "Pat" Severn). Frankie Darro (as young Alec) is fine, studying algebra and history with Dressler in the early scenes, but you wonder how Dressler plus Berry (or anyone) could have netted Mr. Young. The relationship between Dressler and Berry is the story's strength, with the co-stars putting comic pathos in the classic "love triangle" involving wife, husband and alcohol.
******* Tugboat Annie (8/4/33) Mervyn LeRoy ~ Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan
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- wes-connors
- May 22, 2011
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ana la del remolcador
- Filming locations
- Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, USA(opening credit sequence)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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