Over the BOUNDING BLUE

Record number 217977 Warner Personal LAV #70 ^Short with Will Rogers. Has titles but no credits. Standing in front of ship maned: Leviathan. "Come on you broke Americans - we've been suckers long enough" Will, getting onto ship. Many shots of people getting on ship, lounging in deck chairs. "Like you to meet Wife no.1 and 2/3 of our kids - Mary and Old Jim." Shots of Will with wife and kids. "My woman ain't going to try to smuggle in a thing - except a thousand dollars worth of linen." C/U shot of Will. C/U shot of ships smoke stack. Various shots of different parts of the ship. Passengers waving as ship leaves dock. Many shots of the ship, the ocean, the passengers and crew and other ships at sea. Will talking with the captain of the ship. "Now I'm going to introduce the only captain who lets me wear his cap - Captain Herbert Hartley." Will and captain wearing each others hats. "Captain Hartley, folks, is not only the boss of this raft - he's Commodore of our entire merchant fleet." Captain and Will talking, shake hands, trade back their own hats, continue talking. Shots of different parts of the ship. "This old tub's got three chimneys." Shots of the three smoke stacks. "Now we're heading out of the English Channel into the broad Atlantic." "Airplanes aren't the only craft that make nose-dives" Shots of the front of the ship as it's goes down and the water splashes up on it. Shots of the semi turbulent water. "Our yatch is loaded with pedigreed flea-bait of all nationalities." "The last remaining Royalty of Russia" Shot of a dog chained to the boat so as not to run off. "Here's another pretty small barque to have ventured so far out to sea." Small dog also tied to ship barking at camera. Shot of Will talking to dog. Shot of dog "begging". "Now I'm going to show you the doggiest hound on the boat - the Sealyham that Lord Dewar gave my daughter Mary." Shot of a little dog on a leash. "My wife thinks 'Jock' must have been raised on Dewar's Scotch." Shot of dog sitting with wife, son and another person. "The dog hails from Switzerland - looks as if he missed the yodeling." Shots of the water, C/U shot of Will talking to camera. "If you've ever felt sick as a dog, you know just how this bird feels." "We've also got a fine cat aboard - Lily the lioness from Liberia." Shot of lion cub on a leash. PLaying with a ring that's on a rope. "How about a game of golf? Here's a clergyman being tempted to lie about his game." Shot of Will talking and pointing off camera. "Say, Looks like this might be Dempsey's sister - out to uphold the family tradition." Shots of Will again talking and pointing at something off camera. "The ship's officers are squinting at the sun to see if it's time for supper." Shot of 4 of the ships officer's taking navigation readings. Shots of ship coming into city. "Say, aren't those Cathedral's of Commerce more impressive than anything we've seen abroad?" Woman in classic 1920's style sitting on railing with what looks to be the New York skyline behind her. C/U shot of Will and another gentleman leaning on the ships railing. "Now we've hit smooth waters, my old friends are showing up. Here's Jimmy Gleason, co-author and star of'Is Zat So?' " Man in above shot with Will is Jimmy. More shots of Will and Jimmy at the ship railing. "And this is Ethelind Terry, star of Ziegfield's 'Rio Rita' " Shot of Will and Etheland at the ships railing talking, shaking hands. "Here's the brainiest man in America, and, when you know him, a regular fellow." Shots of Will shaking hands with an older gentleman. "If you could tour the country with me, Mr. Hughes, in the team of 'Hughes and Rogers' we'd clean up." Shots of the United Americans Line building as the ship comes into port. Large crowd on the dock waving as the ship comes in. Shots from the dock of the ship coming in. Captain waves at the camera. "Goodbye Captain, we'll never forget the man who carried ten thousand boys over-seas on every trip during the war, and never lost a one - God bless you, Cap!" Captain taking a picture of unseen group, waves hat toward camera. Passengers getting off ship. Shot of Will leaving ship