Three Men in a Boat 1891, "Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch" by Constance MacEwen was published. This book relates the journey of three young university women who set out to emulate the river trip in "Three Men in a Boat" in an effort to raise the spirits of one of them, who is about to be expelled from university. To take the place of Montmorency, they bring a cat called Tintoretto. Three Men in a Boat is referenced in the 1956 parody novel on mountaineering, "The Ascent of Rum Doodle", where the head porter Bing is said to spend "much of his
Three Men in a Boat (1956 film) girls again and when things appear to be becoming interesting for the men, Mrs. Willis and her daughter and Ethelbertha show up and things become even more interesting. The film was the 12th most popular movie at the British box office in 1957. Three Men in a Boat (1956 film) Three Men in a Boat is a 1956 British CinemaScope colour comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton and David Tomlinson. It is based on the 1889 novel "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome. The film received mixed reviews, but