Slave Ship (1937 film)

Slave Ship
Directed by	Tay Garnett
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	William Faulkner (story)
Screenplay by	Sam Hellman Lamar Trotti Gladys Lehman
Based on	The Last Slaver  by George S. King[1]
Starring	Warner Baxter Wallace Beery Elizabeth Allan Mickey Rooney George Sanders Jane Darwell Joseph Schildkraut
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Lloyd Nosler
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	1937
Running time	100 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Slave Ship is a 1937 film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery. The supporting cast features Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, and Joseph Schildkraut. This is one of only four films out of the forty-eight that Beery made during the sound era for which he did not receive top billing.

Cast

• Warner Baxter as Jim Lovett
• Wallace Beery as Jack Thompson
• Elizabeth Allan as Nancy Marlowe
• Mickey Rooney as Swifty
• George Sanders as Lefty
• Jane Darwell as Mrs. Marlowe
• Joseph Schildkraut as Danelo
• Miles Mander as Corey
• Arthur Hohl as Grimes
• Douglas Scott as Young Boy at Launching
• Minna Gombell as Mabel
• Billy Bevan as Atkins
• Francis Ford as Scraps
• Jane Jones as Ma Belcher
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Proprietor
• J. P. McGowan as Helmsman
• DeWitt Jennings as Snodgrass
• Paul Hurst as Drunk
• Dorothy Christy as Blonde
• Charles B. Middleton as Slave Dealer
• Dewey Robinson as Bartender
• Holmes Herbert as Commander
• Edwin Maxwell as Auctioneer
• Herbert Heywood as Old Man at Launching
• Winter Hall as Minister
• Marilyn Knowlden as Christener at Launching
• Arthur Aylesworth as Stranger

References

1. Based upon a historical novel "The Last Slaver" by Dr. George S. King of Bay Shore, New York. Dr King's NY Times obituary

External links

• Slave Ship at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Slave Ship at the Internet Movie Database
• Slave Ship at the TCM Movie Database
• Slave Ship at AllMovie