Popular comedy American Yacht in the Port of Split (Amerikanska jahta u splitskoj luci, 1930) by Croatian modernist poet, writer and internationally successful playwright Milan Begović (1876-1948) is the author's shift from grotesque and avant-garde towards realism and more conventional style - towards the taste of the audience. Begović writes about the city of Split in sentimental manner, but also with irony and wit. In Croatian language.