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Why Girls Love Sailors

192720 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

A fisherman boards a ship after its captain takes his fiancée away. Disguised as a woman, he turns the crew's attention against itself while trying to reach the captive and expose the captain's conduct.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
20:24
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Pathe Comedy · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsFred Guiol

Historical context

Laurel leads the rescue plot and Hardy plays the first mate. The film's rediscovery restored an early appearance by Anita Garvin within the pair's developing screen world.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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