Monkey Business (1931 film) in Queens, New York City. Upon alighting from the ship, the Marx Brothers' real life father (Sam "Frenchie" Marx) is briefly seen in a cameo appearance, sitting on top of luggage behind the Brothers on the pier as they wave to the First Mate. Sam Marx was 72 at the time, and the appearance was his film debut. He was paid $12.50 each day for two days work. "Monkey Business" was Norman MacLeod's solo directorial debut. One of the sequences in this film involves the four brothers attempting to get off the ship using a passport stolen from famous singer
Príncipe de Asturias (ocean liner) Príncipe de Asturias (ocean liner) Príncipe de Asturias was a Spanish ocean liner, owned by the Naviera Pinillos and built at the Russell & Co. (later Lithgows) shipyard in Port Glasgow, in Scotland; being launched in 1914. She was named after the "Prince of Asturias", the historical title given to the heir to the Spanish Crown. "Príncipe de Asturias" and her elder sister "Infanta Isabel", launched in 1912, were at the time of her construction two of the largest passenger steamship in the Spanish merchant fleet, only second to "Reina Victoria Eugenia" and "Infanta Isabel de Borbón" owned by Pinillos's