Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

mark.waltz As a kid, my grandfather introduced me to reading, and I recall being enthralled with Zane Grey stories of the old outdoors involving logging camps, fast moving trains and how those businesses were run. Of course, I did not end up in that business, but many decades later, when I see films that deal with that subject, I am instantly intrigued. Watching this film at the start, you begin to wonder where the "Carnival Boat" title comes into play since this surrounds a rough and tough, danger always a risk, logging camp. It turns out that the carnival boat is basically a lesser version of "Show Boat's" Cotton Blossom, traveling up and down the river which is along side the mountain pass where the aging Hobart Bosworth has been logging for decades. He's not ready to retire, but logging company owner Charles Sellon convinces him to step back and find a successor to take over his management position. That turns out to be his somewhat irresponsible son (William Boyd) who is quick to a fight, but one of the best loggers on the team. He's also a bit irresponsible, so it will take some tough life lessons to get him to settle down.A very young Ginger Rogers, about a year out of her pairing with Fred Astaire, and fresh from Broadway, gets an adequate if unremarkable musical number as the headliner on the Carnival Boat. Her pairing with Boyd is a bit odd as he appears to be about 15 years older than her, and she appears to be barely past her teens. But she gets to show a bit of the feistiness she would later thrive on in her dozens of classic screwball comedies. The tragic Marie Prevost has a small part as the blowsy waitress on the Carnival Boat who flirts simultaneously with logging camp workers Edgar Kennedy and Harry Sweet who provide the comic relief as partners in tree cutting. Their scenes are genuinely pretty funny. Shots of the trees falling, cranes lifting them up onto the trains and then the trains speeding down the tracks to the dumping spot are quite riveting. This has a lot going on in its very short running time, but features a decent script and believable characterizations, even if Boyd and Rogers' pairing is a bit off putting at times.

MartinHafer Before gaining huge fame as the cowboy star Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd was a movie star in his own right--starring in a bunch of films in the 20s and early 30s. Many of them were B-movies, like "Carnival Boat". By B, I mean that they were meant as the second, less film offered at a double-feature. This second film was always cheaply made, lasted only about an hour and usually went straight to the action-- and all this is true of this film.Buck is the foreman with a logging company. However, his father is concerned that Buck isn't exactly a tough boss--and often lets the men slack off. He's even more upset when he tells Buck not to allow the men to frequent the visiting show boat, as it will only get them into trouble--yet later that same night, he finds Buck and his men there! Buck is there to see his girlfriend, Honey (Ginger Rogers) but Dad will have none of it--his son is a disappointment. Can Buck prove himself to Dad? And, if Buck wants to marry Honey, is there any way Dad would ever accept a singer from one of these dreaded boats? Hint--the answers to these probably won't come as major surprises.Overall, this is an entertaining film that certainly has little in the way of pretense. It's at its best with some of the action scenes-- such as the deftly handled runaway train sequence. Worth your time but far from a must-see picture.By the way, in addition to Boyd later getting a makeover in order to become a cowboy, Ginger Rogers is seen here in her pre-makeover days. She still sports brown hair and obviously hasn't undergone the voice coaching she must have had as her star continued to rise in Hollywood.

bkoganbing Up and coming star Ginger Rogers takes a distinct second place to the special effects in a story about the men in a logging camp and the women on a Carnival Boat they should avoid. Ginger's partnered with William Boyd who was not yet Hopalong Cassidy.Boyd is the son of the camp foreman Hobart Bosworth who is feeling the effects of his age. He'd like to see his son succeed him as foreman of the camp, but Fred Kohler has an impressive record for the job and he's not squeamish about what he has to do for that promotion.At the same time Ginger works a Carnival Boat which provides the men of the woods some amusement and like the saloons of the old west relieves them of their wages. Boyd likes Ginger, but Bosworth doesn't feel she's a suitable bride for his son.I think you can probably figure out where and how this is all going to end. The plot is trite, but the special effects that include a runaway logging train and a river log jam are really first rate for their time. It makes Carnival Boat something to see if one can.

Neil Doyle If it weren't for the way the logging camp scenes are photographed, including railway chases aboard the lumber train and stunts that have to be seen to be believed, CARNIVAL BOAT would pass the time quickly as a routine story of a little romance against a splendid outdoor setting.WILLIAM BOYD plays the man who wants to become lumber boss and follow in the footsteps of his father. His romance with a showgirl (GINGER ROGERS) provides conflict for the father/son relationship when dad wants his son to ditch the girl and concentrate on becoming a foreman. Ginger's role is rather small, but she makes the most of a few touching scenes whereby she realizes she might be the wrong sweetheart for the lumberjack. FRED KOHLER makes an impressive "heavy" as the villain of the piece, a man not only willing to fight his rival but attempting to kill him.EDGAR KENNEDY (doing his slow burn schtick) and HARRY SWEET provide the comedy relief, but it's all of the action stunts that steal the show and turn it into a better than average programmer from RKO. The dangerous stunts performed aboard moving trains full of lumber are especially well photographed, as are all of the scenes involving the cutting down of timber and setting free a log-jammed waterfall.A much better film than I expected, giving WILLIAM BOYD a strong hero role that he makes the most of.