Shore Leave (1925)

Director:

John S. Robertson

Writers:

Josephine Lovett, Hubert Osborne (play),

Stars:

Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Mackaill, Ted McNamara

Cast

Cast overview:
Richard Barthelmess	...	D.X. (Bilge) Smith
Dorothy Mackaill	...	Connie Martin
Ted McNamara	...	Bat Smith
Nick Long	...	Capt. Martin
Marie Shotwell	...	Mrs. Schuyler-Payne
Arthur Metcalfe	...	Mr. Schuyler-Payne
Warren Cook	...	Adm. Smith
Samuel E. Hines	...	Chief Petty Officer (as Samuel Hines)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

businesswoman | new england | u.s. navy | based on play

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 1925 (USA)

Also Known As:

Encantos à Beira-Mar

Company Credits

Production Co:

Inspiration Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Adapted from the Broadway play "Shore Leave" (1922). Comedy. Written by Hubert Osborne. Directed by David Belasco. Lyceum Theatre: 8 Aug 1922- Dec 1922 (closing date unknown/151 performances). Cast: Betty Alden, Audrey Baird, Reginald Barlow (as "Cap'n Martin"), Marjorie Booth, Evelyn Carter Carrington, Kenneth Diven, John F. Hamilton, Samuel E. Hines (as "Smith"), Thomas E. Jackson (as "Bat Smith"), Stanley Jessup (as "Rear Admiral Smith"), Schuyler Ladd, Nick Long, Teris Loring, Mrs. Jacques Martin, James Rennie (as "Bilge Smith, U.S.N."), Ellen Southbrook, Frances Starr, Bernard Sussman, Jose Torres, Paul E. Wilson, H.P. Woodley, Devah Worrell, Jose Yovin. Produced by David Belasco. Note: Produced as Shore Leave as a Richard Barthelmess vehicle (in the role of "Bilge Smith") by Inspirational Pictures and distributed by First National.

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Connections

Version of Hit the Deck (1955)

User Reviews

Nice Romantic Film

This offbeat romance stars Richard Barthelmess as a tough sailor named Smith who happens to meet a mousy dressmaker (Dorothy Mackaill) while on shore leave. He's determined not to get "involved" and she pines away in a small New England seaport village.

The story skips around a lot, but it seems she owns a sailing ship that is aground on the mud in the Ganges River. She plots to get the ship sailing again with Barthelmess as the skipper. A perfect union. But he reacts badly and avoids all "rich women" even though, years later, she throws a party for all the Smiths in port. She has no idea what his first name is. He doesn't remember her at all. After a few fights he finally understands that she is not rich. So he bypasses re-enlisting, works his way back to her, and all problems are solved in time for the clinch.

SHORE LEAVE was a Broadway play that featured James Rennie and Frances Starr. This is a change-of-pace role for Barthelmess, since the character is not quite heroic. Mackaill, a former Ziegfeld girl, is probably too pretty to be pining away in a small village. Yet the stars are very effective together and keep the film interesting despite its cheap production values. The supporting cast has little to do.

Worth a look.