Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

In a riverside town gripped by rivalry, William Canfield Sr. battles to keep his aging paddle steamer afloat against the formidable new vessel of tycoon J.J. King. When Canfield's son, Bill Jr., arrives—a dandyish Boston graduate sporting a ukulele—tensions soar. Bill Jr. sparks a forbidden romance with King's daughter, Kitty, setting off a storm of parental disapproval and sabotage.