Why Girls Love Sailors

Why Girls Love Sailors

20 mins | Comedy | July 17, 1927

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.

Why Girls Love Sailors

20 mins | Comedy | July 17, 1927

Why Girls Love Sailors
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Hal Roach Studios
Original title Why Girls Love Sailors
Directors Fred Guiol
Writers Hal Roach

Cast

Stan Laurel

as Willie Brisling

Oliver Hardy

as First Mate

Viola Richard

as Willie's Girl

Anita Garvin

as Captain's Wife

Malcolm Waite

as Sea Captain

Edgar Dearing

as Amorous Sailor

Bobby Dunn

as Bemused Sailor

Jerry Mandy

as Sailor

Anna May Wong

as Delamar (scenes deleted)

SĂ´jin Kamiyama

as Moneylender (scenes deleted)