Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
- Directed by
- Fred Guiol
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film, buddy film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A sailor tries to win the affection of a young woman. His rival, another sailor, keeps getting in the way with messy and absurd antics.
zanywhimsicallightheartedslapstickplayfulfast-pacedgoofy
What happens
Why Girls Love Sailors is a 1927 American comedy short silent film directed by Fred Guiol for Hal Roach Studios. It stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before they had become the comedy team of Laurel and Hardy. It was shot during February 1927 and released July 17, 1927, by Pathé Exchange. It was considered a lost film until the 1980s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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