Sailors, Beware!

Sailors, Beware!
Sailors, Beware!
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Fred Guiol ; Hal Yates
Written by	Hal Roach ; H.M. Walker (titles)
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Stan Laurel ; Oliver Hardy
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	September 25, 1927;
Running time	19' 51"
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film; English intertitles
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Sailors, Beware! is a silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951.

Plot

An upstanding taxi driver unknowingly picks up a woman and her "little person" accomplice, disguised as a baby, who are revealed to be criminals. Upon their departure without payment and leaving the meter running, the driver, Stan, pursues them onto a cruise ship where he uncovers their nefarious activities.

The tough Captain Bull is not pleased with the cabbie's presence, and growls that Chester can either work his way across or be murdered. Chester is put under the supervision of Purser Cryder(Hardy), who usually ends up taking the blame for the Cabbie's incompetance.

Chester suspects something is peculiar about the "Baby" when it cleans him out in a dice game. He angrily throws the "Baby" down a smokestack. Ordered to give the dirty "Baby" a bath, it is revealed to have a grown man's hairy chest. Knowing the jig is up, the "Baby" takes a measure of revenge by beating up Purser Cryder.

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Cast

Stan Laurel as Chester Chaste, cabdriver
Oliver Hardy as Purser Cryder
Anita Garvin as Madame Ritz
Ed Brandenburg as Other cabdriver
Frank Brownlee as Captain Bull
Dorothy Coburn as Lady in an easy chair
Gustav Schaffrath as Roger/The baby
Connie Evans as Society lady
Barbara Pierce as Society lady
Viola Richard as Society lady
Tiny Sandford as Man in robe
Will Stanton as Baron Behr
May Wallace as Society lady
Charley Young as a Man boarding a boat
Lupe Vélez as Baroness Behr (uncredited)

References

^ "Laurel and Hardy in Sugar Daddies". Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2012.

External links

Sailors, Beware! at IMDb
Sailors, Beware! at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Laurel and Hardy in Sugar Daddies". Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2012.

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