Why Girls Love Sailors
1927•20m•5.5•Released
Comedy
Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.
Director
Fred Guiol
Writer
Hal Roach
Languages
No Language
Studio
Hal Roach Studios
Cast
Stan Laurel
Willie Brisling
Oliver Hardy
First Mate
Viola Richard
Willie's Girl
Anita Garvin
Captain's Wife
Malcolm Waite
Sea Captain
Edgar Dearing
Amorous Sailor
Bobby Dunn
Bemused Sailor
Jerry Mandy
Sailor
Anna May Wong
Delamar (scenes deleted)
Sôjin Kamiyama
Moneylender (scenes deleted)
Production
Company
Hal Roach Studios
Producer
Hal Roach
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