. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton
and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay
and Russel Crouse
. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin aid Billy in his quest to win Hope.
"Bonnie, don't bring sex into this, it's bad enough being a minister."
"Without love, there is no hope. Love, Hope."
Reno Sweeney: "She's not confessing, she's adverstising!"
Reno Sweeney: "In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, but now, God knows, anything goes!"
Reno Sweeney: "Once I was headed for hell/ but when I got to Satan's door/ I heard you blowin' on your horn once more/ So I said 'Satan, farewell!'"
Billy Crocker: "And Plumblossom become plum tart!"
Billy Crocker: "We old poka' buddies!"
Captain: "It's Snake Eyes Johnson! Public Enemy number one!"
Erma/Bonnie: "Ya, public enemy numba' thirteen!"
Evelyn Oakleigh: "To feel "that way" about some one means to rub his neck."