Tonight's Movie: Gambling Ship (1933) - A Universal Blu-ray Review

I've seen the vast majority of Cary Grant's films, but thanks to Universal I've recently caught a couple of his very earliest films for the first time.I reviewed the entertaining comedy THIS IS THE NIGHT (1932) last month, and I've just finished watching GAMBLING SHIP (1933).GAMBLING SHIP is a quick little 72-minute film from Paramount Pictures which I found lots of pre-Code fun.Grant plays Ace Corbin, a Chicago mobster who decides he's tired of living dangerously and heads to California for a fresh start.On board the train Ace falls for lovely Eleanor Kenniston (Benita Hume, the future Mrs. Ronald Colman).Ace gives Eleanor a false name, while simultaneously unaware that the seemingly refined Eleanor is actually Eleanor La Velle, girlfriend of California-based gangster Joe Burke (Arthur Vinton).Once in California, Eleanor discovers that Joe is in dire financial straits due to machinations by another crook, Pete Manning (Jack La Rue). She decides she must remain loyal to Joe long…