Luxury Liner (1948 film)

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Luxury Liner
Luxury Liner 1948 film poster.jpg
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Directed by Richard Whorf
Written by Gladys Lehman
Richard Connell
Karl Kamb (uncredited)
Produced by Joe Pasternak
Starring George Brent
Jane Powell
Lauritz Melchior
Lauritz Melchior
Frances Gifford
Marina Koshetz
Xavier Cugat
Cinematography Robert H. Planck
Edited by Robert Kern
Music by Adolph Deutsch
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 9, 1948 (1948-09-09)
Running time
97-99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,178,000 [1] [2]
Box office$4,128,000 [1]

Luxury Liner is a 1948 romantic musical comedy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Technicolor. It was directed by Richard Whorf, and written by Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman and Karl Kamb (uncredited). It was originally titled Maiden Voyage. [3]

Contents

An earlier film with the same title Luxury Liner (1933), starred George Brent and Zita Johann, and was directed by Lothar Mendes.

Plot

Jeremy Bradford, the captain of an ocean liner, visits his teenaged daughter named Polly, and takes her to see a performance of the opera Aida . Polly is entranced by the singing talents of Olaf Eriksen and Zita Romanka.

Upon learning that Olaf and Zita will be passengers on her father's voyage to Rio de Janeiro, she begs her father to come along, but Captain Bradford says no. He is furious when he eventually discovers that Polly is on board his ship as a stowaway, and he puts her to work in the ship's galley.

Also on board is Laura Dene, a jilted bride, and her fiancé Charles, who can't decide if he wants to marry her. Polly and Laura become friends, though Laura isn't aware at first that Polly is the captain's daughter. Captain Bradford forgives Polly for stowing away, and he allows her to sing a duet with Olaf aboard ship. Polly is equally pleased when her father develops a romantic interest in Laura, which turns out to be mutual.

Cast

Reception

The film was a box-office hit for MGM, and earned $2,297,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,831,000 overseas, resulting in a profit of $428,000. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. Another source puts the cost at $2 million Variety February 1948
  3. Hopper, Hedda (March 26, 1947). "Looking at Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   165733384.
  4. "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46