Tugboat Annie (1933)
"Based on the Saturday Evening Post story"

Title: Tugboat Annie
Original Title: Tugboat Annie
Release Date: 1933-08-04
Status: Released
Rating: 7/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business because of Terry's drunken mistakes. Alec wants to quit school to work on the tug full time, but Annie will not sacrifice her son's education. A grown Alec has followed in his mother's footsteps and becomes a mariner, but a more upscale one as the captain of a luxury liner. Alec returns home with his fiancée, Pat - the boss' daughter - with a grand plan to save Annie from the life that drunkard Terry has provided her. But ultimately, it's Annie and Terry that need to be Alec's savior, and by their move show him the meaning of true commitment.
Cast

Marie Dressler
Annie

Wallace Beery
Terry (Husband)

Robert Young
Alec (Son)

Maureen O'Sullivan
Patricia 'Pat' Severn

Willard Robertson
Red Severn

Tammany Young
Shif'less

Frankie Darro
Alec, as a Child

Jack Pennick
Pete

Paul Hurst
Sam

Willie Fung
Chow, the Cook (uncredited)