A stoker who sings opera while shoveling coal? 1935 said YES.
Acting
Carl Brisson's bizarre charisma—Danish boxing champ turned Paramount's singing sailor.
Direction
Robert Florey squeezing visual invention from Poverty Row resources.
Director
Robert Florey
Carl Brisson
Chris Anderson
Mady Christians
Countess Boranoff
Arline Judge
Ruby
William Frawley
Briney O'Brien
Inez Courtney
Molly
Grant Withers
Rocky Stone
Hedda Hopper
Tutor
Irving Bacon
Slim
E. Alyn Warren
Harry
George Beranger
Tailor (uncredited)
Stephen Chase
Mr. Blackstone (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
Dancing Teacher (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Stoker (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Carl Brisson was a genuine Danish heavyweight boxing champion before Paramount groomed him as a Maurice Chevalier alternative. He made six Hollywood films and vanished back to Europe.
This was Robert Florey's punishment assignment after being fired from 'Frankenstein' (1931)—Universal exiled him to low-budget programmers like this before his 'Murders in the Rue Morgue' comeback.
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