Rippling Tunes! Waves of Joy! Storms of Laughter!
Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.
Mary Boland Polly Moran Ned Sparks Sidney Blackmer Marjorie Gateson Sidney Fox Sterling Holloway Irene Franklin Charles Coleman Maurice Black Lynne Carver Martin Cichy Helen Collins Peggy Combel Phil Dunham Dot Farley Betty Farrington Hazel Forbes Peter Hancock Ramsay Hill Tom Kennedy Crauford Kent Al Kikume Felix Knight Cynthia Lindsay Alice Moore Gigi Parrish Harry Semels Robert St. Angelo Maxine Topper Marie Wilson Florence Wix
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