All Ashore
All Ashore is a 1953 Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Richard Quine. It is the second of Mickey Rooneys three films for Columbia Pictures that was produced by Jonie Taps, directed by Richard Quine and written by Blake Edwards. In the tradition of MGMs Anchors Aweigh and On the Town, the film tells the stories of three sailors Rooney, crooner Dick Haymes and dancer Ray McDonald on shore leave on Santa Catalina Island, California where much of the film was shot. A former MGM contract star, Ray McDonald was married to Peggy Ryan at the time with All Ashore being the last film for both of them.
Waking up broke and guilty but wiser, Joe is determined to get Moby to Santa Catalina by using his scheming ability. Joe arranges their passage andeach in exchange for Moby working on the ship. Skip meets dancer Gay Knight where an impromptu dance session earns them some more money that entertained passengers throw at them. Gay takes them to her trailer park where the three have enough money for two of them to rent a cabin Moby has to sneak in at night and sleep at the floor. Skip arranges more money and meals for a second day by having Moby work as a waiter in a night club. Moby meets Nancy, the daughter of the trailer park owner, when she hits him in the head with a horseshoe, but Skip later sweeps her off her feet and takes her for his own girl.After entering the wrong cabin and unsuccessfully hiding from the two women living there, Moby becomes further dejected when he feels out of place accompanying his shipmates and their girlfriends to the beach. The unwanted Moby decides to return to the mainland. Having to wait half an hour for the next ship, Mobys luck changes when he meets Jane, whose motorboat is not working. In fixing the engine, Moby is thrown in the water. Jane takes Moby to her fathers yacht where his uniform can dry out. She invites Moby to a party and her father, the Commodore, invites Moby to sail with them to the mainland. On the way to the party Janes boat fails again with both Moby and Jane being thrown into the water as the boat comes to life and motors off without them. ........
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