STEILACOOM, Wash. — More than a dozen times a day, drivers make their way along the Steilacoom ferry dock for half-hour rides to Anderson Island. What most probably don't know is how much attention ...

An erratic veteran skipper tries to save her job and keep her tugboat when her company suffers financial troubles. She must also contend with competition from a rival captain. The second entry in the ...

(hey, Spotify has holes, loads of holes, so listen to "Contact" on YouTube.) Originally from my hometown of Buffalo, but recording the majority of their catalog in ...

THE HEROINE OF the first Seattle-made feature film, “Tugboat Annie” (1933), might be fictional, but she’s cloned from real-life women, including the boisterous star who played her in the movie. That’s ...

Cinemas in which Marie Dressier plays the lead have one quality in common—the heroine is a raffish, vigorous old woman whose generous heart thumps under sleazy clothes that do not fit her. Tugboat ...

The posters for ‘Tugboat Annie,’ ‘The Life of Emile Zola,’ and ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ are shown. Each of these films were co-written by Norman Reilly Raine, a native of Wilkes-Barre. It’s ...