The Navigator

The narrative unfurls with the preposterous proposal of the indolent, absurdly wealthy Rollo Treadway, who, on a whim, decides to marry his equally privileged neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Her swift rejection, however, only serves as the prelude to a series of bewildering misadventures. Through a calamitous sequence of events orchestrated by a cabal of saboteurs intent on disabling a grand passenger liner, Rollo inadvertently boards the vast, empty vessel, the "Navigator," believing it to be the ship for his honeymoon voyage. Concurrently, Betsy, having missed her own family's departure on a different ship, finds herself stranded and, through an equally improbable twist of fate, ends up on the very same colossal, deserted ocean liner. These two paragons of pampered helplessness are thus marooned on a ghost ship, adrift in the vast expanse of the Pacific. Their initial bewilderment quickly gives way to a dawning realization of their utter isolation, compelling them to confront the rudimentary demands of survival – preparing food, operating the ship's intricate machinery, and navigating the cavernous, silent corridors. The film charts their transformation from effete socialites into resourceful, albeit comically awkward, survivors, whose every attempt at self-sufficiency invariably leads to a meticulously choreographed physical gag. The stakes escalate dramatically with the appearance of hostile natives, forcing Rollo to employ his newfound, clumsy ingenuity in a desperate struggle for their lives, culminating in an audacious underwater escapade involving a deep-sea diving suit and a perilous, yet hilarious, encounter with marine life.