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)
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I thought Marie Dressler was great and died too soon, and that's the main reason for my rating on "Tugboat Annie". She carries the picture and was better than she was in "Min and Bill", the one she won an AA for three years before. The narrative here is more a series of vignettes on the life of a tugboat skipper, strung together and concerning the same group of people. The plot seems disjointed and each episode is an end in itself.
What is really annoying is the presence, or rather the character played by Wallace Beery. He was adept at playing a big slob but he overdoes it in 'Tugboat Annie", so much so that you wish he would get washed overboard or that she would leave him ashore, preferably on foreign soil. There is no way anyone could put up with incompetence and irresponsibility of this kind. He plays an unabashed drunk who nearly ruins her financially, and the ending barely justifies his behavior to that point.
Robert Young and Maureen O'Sullivan are along for appearances but with little to do. But it is a chance to see one of the best comediennes ever to grace the Silver Screen and Hollywood was poorer for it when she passed on.
What is really annoying is the presence, or rather the character played by Wallace Beery. He was adept at playing a big slob but he overdoes it in 'Tugboat Annie", so much so that you wish he would get washed overboard or that she would leave him ashore, preferably on foreign soil. There is no way anyone could put up with incompetence and irresponsibility of this kind. He plays an unabashed drunk who nearly ruins her financially, and the ending barely justifies his behavior to that point.
Robert Young and Maureen O'Sullivan are along for appearances but with little to do. But it is a chance to see one of the best comediennes ever to grace the Silver Screen and Hollywood was poorer for it when she passed on.
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- GManfred
- Feb 1, 2014
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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