Googled "S S Fortune" just as a lark and out of 736 internet refs, this is the one I find most interesting. Song of the Thin Man, 1947, finds Nick and Nora on the gambling ship S.S. Fortune! Look for this on Turner Movie Classics tues. a.m.
The interesting thing is that, of course, TR King is a gaming supplier located in Los Angeles and has produced chips for at least one other Hollywood film industry outfit. Don't know if you recall the red smcrown hotstamped "V" and painted with a yellow comet on a field of silver stars that showed up about 10 months ago...turned out to be a chip made for Warner Bros. in '52. John, yours may be another fun mystery chip, but...
Check out Mr. Lucky with Cary Grant for the all-time best gambling boat movie BTW. Thanks to Robt. Eisenstadt for pointing that one out to me!
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