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Why Sailors Go Wrong
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5112 feet
Directed by Henry Lehrman

Cast: Sammy Cohen [?] [himself or Sammy Beezeroff]?, Ted McNamara [?] [Mac or Angus McAxle]?, Sally Phipps [?] [Doris Martin or Doris Green]?, Carl Miller [?] [John Hastings or John Dunning]?, Nick Stuart [James Collier], Jules Cowles [a native], Noble Johnson [a native], E.H. Calvert [?] [Cyrus Martin or Cyrus Green]?, Jack Pennick [the first mate]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Randall H. Faye, from a screen story by William Conselman and Frank O’Connor. Cinematography by Sidney Wagner. Film editor, Ralph Dietrich. Intertitles written by Delos Sutherland. Presented by William Fox. / © 16 March 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP25087]. Released 25 March 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 October 2014.

References: Limbacher-Feature p. 276 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.