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Son of a Sailor (1933)

Son of a Sailor poster
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets involved in comedic situations while trying to impress a woman he likes. He pretends to be a sailor to win her affection.

lightheartedfast-pacedcomedicwhimsicalplayfulenergeticfun

What happens

Son of a Sailor is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Alfred A. Cohn, Paul Gerard Smith, Ernest Pagano, and H. M. Walker. The film stars Joe E. Brown, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd, Johnny Mack Brown, and Sheila Terry. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 23, 1933. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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