''Tugboat Princess'' is a 1936 American-Canadian

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directed by

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and starring

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and

Edith Fellows Edith Marilyn Fellows (May 20, 1923 – June 26, 2011) was an American actress who became a child star in the 1930s. Best known for playing orphans and street urchins, Fellows was an expressive actress with a good singing voice. She made her ...

.Mayer p.187

Cast

as Captain Zack *

as Sally *

as 'Princess' Judy * Clyde Cook as Steve, the engineer *

Lester Matthews Arthur Lester Matthews (6 June 1900 – 5 June 1975) was an English actor. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews pla ...

as 1st Mate Bob *

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as Captain Darling * Lou Callum as Policeman * Stuart Clarke as Judy's Doctor * George Hibbard as Owner of Davy Jones' Locker Restaurant * Arthur Kerr as Loan Shark *

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as Loan Shark * Ethel Reese-Burns as Mrs. Price

References

Bibliography

* Mayer, Geoff. ''Guide to British Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003.

External links

* 1936 films 1936 drama films 1930s English-language films American drama films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by David Selman Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films Canadian black-and-white films 1930s American films 1930s Canadian films {{1930s-drama-film-stub