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Oh, Sailor, Behave! (1930)

Directed by Archie Mayo

Overview

Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in Venice to land an interview with Romanian General Skulany (Noah Beery). Our couple is split apart by a pair of storylines - Nanette tries to woo a Russian prince (Lowell Sherman) who is blackmailing her sister, while Charlie, following a lead to the general, finds himself Romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), “the general’s favorite.”

Length 70 minutes

Actors

Irene Delroy | Charles King | Lowell Sherman | Vivien Oakland | Noah Beery | Ole Olsen | Chic Johnson | Lotti Loder | Charles Judels | Elise Bartlett | Lawrence Grant | Gino Corrado | Hallam Cooley