...this one has had a 'proper' HueyReview, so... just a few notes upon another viewing...
Ginger is MAYBE 20 years old here... it's the last 1931 film on the 'list' of Gingerfilms... so... for a young lady just out of her teens, she really presents herself well here, quite 'mature' and self-supporting... honestly, her first role where she truly emits that persona... maybe Sap from Syracuse saw some of that 'maturity', but not as complete as we see here.
the story line isn't too bad... of course it's purt near impossible to weave a 'love story' totally within a war pic, especially when it's seagoing... and communications were not quite what they are currently...
but there are some 'check-ins' with Sally at the port (Sally-port?) regarding 'updates' of sorts... but just not much... which really drives home just how little the ladies waiting at home had to go on during wartime...
...a bit fuzzy - but a pretty well laid-out scene when the boys find out that WAR is what all the hubbub is about... and Sally's reaction caught from behind the lineup of the future gobs... (see the original HueyReview for a better understanding of 'gob'...)
...and a few more screencaps from that scene... not sure WHY I didn't get these from the original review... I might have thought it was too fuzzy... or Ginger wasn't in the foreground... but anyway, here they are...
...yeah, guess I was on the sauce to leave these out... I LOVE that last scene where she is running off, but tells the dudes to wait there... yeah, I'd STILL be standing there, y'all...
The story is pretty good, if a bit uneven... for example, the deal where they are 'imitating' a Norwegian vessel... wouldn't everyone on that mission be required to speak German? And please don't try to tell me that three German U-boats couldn't sink a sailing ship in 30 seconds flat... I guess the movie wouldn't have lasted as long otherwise...
...Anyway... here's a Suicide Fleet Float... ...which appears to be just rolling down a street in early 30's suburbia... no doubt some type of parade... a Fourth of July one, perhaps???
This is a pretty fair film, if not a 'major role' for Ginger... it is worth checking out, just to see the old ships and how stuff was done back in the day...
Until later...
KIG, y'all!!!
Hu
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