Suicide Fleet

1931
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1h 27m

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Ginger Rogers and William Boyd in Suicide Fleet (1931)

Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway.Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway.Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway.

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William Boyd

Baltimore
(as Bill Boyd)

Robert Armstrong

Dutch

James Gleason

Skeets

Ginger Rogers

Sally

Harry Bannister

Commander

Frank Reicher

Holtzmann

Ben Alexander

Henry Victor

Captain Von Schlettow

Hans Joby

Schwartz

Richard Alexander

Crew Member
(uncredited)

George Berliner

Man
(unconfirmed)
(uncredited)

Eddie Borden

Man Displaying Newspaper
(uncredited)

James P. Burtis

Cookie
(uncredited)

Yola d'Avril

French Girl in Tangiers
(uncredited)

Charles Delaney

Sailor at Sally's
(uncredited)

Joe Dominguez

Havana Merchant
(uncredited)

Nanette Faro

French Girl in Tangiers
(uncredited)

Tom Keene

Lt. James Keene
(uncredited)

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- Albert S. Rogell
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Trivia
An unscheduled rescue at sea was performed by the actors during production when a launch exploded off the Coronado Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Nine men, members of the film expedition, were in the launch when it's gas tanks blew up, throwing all into the water. Second cameraman Bobby Burns and sound engineer Elmer Ellsworth were slightly burned. William Boyd, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong and the director Al Rogell plunged into the ocean to rescue their assistants.

Goofs
The United States entry into World War One is portrayed as coming as a complete surprise to Ginger Rogers and her male friends. In fact, a declaration of war had been pending before Congress for days before the House and Senate voted resolutions. President Wilson signed the Declaration of War on April 6, 1917.

Quotes
'Dutch' Herman: Tommy, get hold of our destroyers!
Radio Operator: You bet! I'll give them the S.O.S.
'Dutch' Herman: S.O.S., hell! Tell them the German subs are planning to attack our troop ships that left New York yesterday.

Connections
Edited into Below the Sea (1933)

Soundtracks
Anchors Aweigh
(1906) (uncredited)
Written by Charles A. Zimmerman
Played during the opening credits and at the end

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Suicide Fleet: Historical ships

There were two sailing ships used in this film: "Bohemia" and "Indiana" Both were part of the de Mille "fleet". Both were built on the Kennebec River, at Bath, Maine, in the 1880s. The Indiana was built by and for the Sewell Family. The Bohemia was built by and for the Houghton Bros. and sailed for them until 1897, when she was sold to Alaska Packers. Bohemia sailed the West Coast for 20 years before acquired by Hollywood.

Bohemia was used in "Wreck of the Hesperus", "Blood Ship" and "Yankee Clipper", all 1927. ("Yankee Clipper" also starred "Indiana"; William Boyd and his real-life Wife, Eleanor Fair.)Bohemia is the ship destroyed in "Suicide Fleet".

One of the "four-piper" destroyers used in "Suicide Fleet" was built by Bath Iron Works, which bought the former Houghton yard during World War I.