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Navy Born (1936)

Navy Born poster
Directed by
Nate Watt
Genre
romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man joins the Navy and finds adventure and romance. The story follows him as he learns to be a sailor and wins the heart of a woman.

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What happens

Mariners of the Sky (also known as Navy Born) is a 1936 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Nate Watt, in his directorial debut. The film stars William Gargan, Claire Dodd and Douglas Fowley. Filmed with the cooperation of the U.S. Navy, it was a mild recruiting film in an era when the United States military was gearing up for a future war. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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