Dames Ahoy (1930)

63 mins | Comedy | 9 February 1930

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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Film Daily
30 Mar 1930
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New York Times
29 Mar 1930
p. 23
Variety
2 Apr 1930
p. 35
CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
William James Craft
Dir
PRODUCER
WRITERS
Story
Titles
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dir of photog
FILM EDITOR
Film ed
SOUND
Rec eng
DETAILS
Release Date:
9 February 1930
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Universal Pictures Corp.
28 January 1930
LP1035
Physical Properties:
Black and White
Sound, also silent
Movietone
Duration(in mins):
63
Length(in feet):
5,271 , 5,773
Length(in reels):
6
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Three sailors--Jimmy, Bill, and Mac--on shore leave set out to find the blonde who tricked Bill into drawing half his pay from the Navy, claiming to be his wife. After several adventures in which they look for an identifying strawberry birthmark on the legs of many girls, Bill remembers that he met her a dancehall. There, Jimmy and his partner, Mabel, win first prize and, provided that they marry, a furnished bungalow; Jimmy decides to marry her and buy off Bill's wife, and Mabel agrees in order to get the bungalow. Afterwards, the young couple find themselves in love, and Jimmy, to the disgust of his friends, resolves not to reenlist; but Mabel succeeds in dominating the whole ...

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Three sailors--Jimmy, Bill, and Mac--on shore leave set out to find the blonde who tricked Bill into drawing half his pay from the Navy, claiming to be his wife. After several adventures in which they look for an identifying strawberry birthmark on the legs of many girls, Bill remembers that he met her a dancehall. There, Jimmy and his partner, Mabel, win first prize and, provided that they marry, a furnished bungalow; Jimmy decides to marry her and buy off Bill's wife, and Mabel agrees in order to get the bungalow. Afterwards, the young couple find themselves in love, and Jimmy, to the disgust of his friends, resolves not to reenlist; but Mabel succeeds in dominating the whole group.

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Name Occurs Before Title
AFI Life Achievement Award

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