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Writers:
E.J. Rath (story)
Byron Morgan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 December 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Sport more
Tagline:
laffs! Laffs! LAFFS! (oiginal ad) more
Plot:
Two sailors are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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William Haines ... Sandy
Madge Evans ... Shirley
Conrad Nagel ... Burton
Arthur Byron ... Jameson
Cliff Edwards ... Bumpy
Warburton Gamble ... Halstead
Kenneth Thomson ... Mr. Williams
Albert Gran ... Van Vrinken
Ben Hendricks Jr. ... Sherman (as Ben Hendricks)
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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
San Pedro Bay, California, USA more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Doesn't stand up to the passage of time, 1 November 2006
3/10
Author: timothymcclenaghan from United States

This is a so-so story, with the typical formula of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again, in combination with a story about speedboat design and racing. There isn't much here to interest today's movie viewer. While there are some movies of the early 1930s which continue to delight us (e.g. Dinner At Eight), this movie isn't one of them.

Lead star William Haines was at the end of his film career. In his biography of Haines, "Wisecracker", author William J. Mann alleges that Haines's career was on the decline partly due to his aging out of the roles he had become typecast in, and also to becoming pudgy. Yet, Haines appears in a swimsuit in this film, looking fit and trim.

The Great Depression made film studios reluctant to make long-term contracts with actors, and when they did, they substantially reduced the salaries paid. Stories of Haines's enmity with MGM brass, and the effects of his personal life, may be apocryphal. The net net is that Haines wasn't making money for MGM any longer, and so he was out.

I wouldn't recommend this film unless you are a real die-hard Haines fan.

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