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The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926) [NR]

Featuring:
Rod La Rocque, Mildred Harris, Snitz Edwards

Written by:
Tay Garnett
John W. Krafft
Don Marquis

Directed by:
James W. Horne


Release Date:
December 12, 1926

Original Title:
The Cruise of the Jasper B

Genres:
Comedy | Romance

Production Companies:
DeMille Pictures Corporation

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 62

Overview from TheMovieDB

The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday-- otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.

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Overview from Open Movies

Jerry Cleggett, descendant of a seafaring, buccaneering family, in order to inherit the family fortune, must marry on the deck of the Jasper B, now rotting on the docks. Aided by an overzealous valet, Jerry looks over a large number of prospective partners; then Agatha Fairhaven, trying to save a fortune of her own, enters his house--seeking protection just as the entire house is being auctioned off. Jerry and Agatha fall instantly in love, and with Jerry dressed in pirate regalia they proceed to the ancestral ship. When their taxicab goes on a wild, driver-less spree, the couple are joined by a trio of bandits who have just held up a mail-truck; and they are pursued by local, state, and Federal authorities. Aboard ship, the crew escape the authorities as, following a furious battle, a bomb jars the vessel from her concrete bed and into the water.

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Rankings and Honors

The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.3/10

Performers

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Production

Adaptation:
Zelda Sears
Tay Garnett

Art Direction:
John Hughes

Director:
James W. Horne

Director of Photography:
Lucien N. Andriot

Producer:
Cecil B. DeMille

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