A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.
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- TriviaFilmed in September 1930, but not released until April 1931, two months after the death of Louis Wolheim, its star and director.
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Charlie: I think in the first part you should have said, "Dear Madam."
[Captain McVey starts to chase after Charlie]
Charlie: I didn't mean nothin'! That's what you say when you're writin' to a dame. Sure, that's right, that's right.
Captain Sam McVey: Say, how do you spell Madam?
Charlie: M-A-D D-U-M.
Captain Sam McVey: Yeah!
His meeting with Astor causes Wolheim to straighten out his life. As he begins to change, Astor reevaluates her own life. This was Wolheim's initial, and last, effort as a director. Unfortunately, he died just after making "The Sin Ship". There is nothing extraordinary about the movie. It delivers the promise of a "Radio Picture" by including a lot of talking. But, there are many more long pauses than were heard (or not heard) on a radio drama back then. Usually appearing in top productions, Wolheim was a very dependable, capable, and popular supporting actor - his stock was then too high to be adversely affected by this.
**** The Sin Ship (4/18/31) Louis Wolheim ~ Louis Wolheim, Mary Astor, Ian Keith, Hugh Herbert
- wes-connors
- May 7, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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