I say this as someone from Connecticut who spent much time in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and a bit in Maine and New Hampshire: this is one of the loveliest Hollywood depictions of New England life. It also has the virtues of the fine art direction associated with the RKO studio, such as in the fussed over home of Helen Westley.
Standout moments: the opening in which the crotchety captain is practically frozen to his mast in an evening snow storm.Westley on another wintry night,sitting in her rocking chair, listening to a record player and stroking a cat.
Two other character actors Gene Lockhart and Henry Travers make an amusing Tweedle Dee- Tweedle Dum pair.