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Why Girls Love Sailors

1927 · 20 min · US

Directed by Fred Guiol

Fred Guiol, Hal Roach Studios, 1927, released by Pathé Exchange. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, not yet billed as a team. Infobox twenty minutes, silent, 17 July. Viola Richard, Anita Garvin, Malcolm Waite. A ship called the Merry Maiden, a bullying captain, dockside scramble. The Commons file runs about twenty minutes. Guiol putting two future partners in the same frame before the billing caught up.

Comedy

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1927 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Wikimedia Commons · Wikimedia Commons webm (~20 min; listed 20). Roach short.

Video: Pathe Comedy · Credit: YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpkldHU4TRY – View/save archived versions on archive.org · Public domain · Source: File page

Cast & Crew

Fred Guiol · DirectorStan Laurel · Willie BrislingOliver Hardy · First Mate

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Cast

Principal players
S

Stan Laurel

Willie Brisling

O

Oliver Hardy

First Mate

Viola Richard

Viola Richard

Willie's Girl

Anita Garvin

Anita Garvin

Captain's Wife

M

Malcolm Waite

Sea Captain

Edgar Dearing

Edgar Dearing

Amorous Sailor

Bobby Dunn

Bobby Dunn

Bemused Sailor

Jerry Mandy

Jerry Mandy

Sailor

Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong

Delamar (scenes deleted)

Sôjin Kamiyama

Sôjin Kamiyama

Moneylender (scenes deleted)

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