Sailor's Holiday
About Sailor's Holiday
Sailors Pike and Shorty, on leave, lose money to a street woman who says she is looking for her long-lost brother, a sailor. Alan Hale plays Pike, George Cooper plays Shorty, and Sally Eilers plays the woman.
Cast & crew
More about Sailor's Holiday
Fred C. Newmeyer directed. Ray Harris wrote it. Pathé Exchange produced and released it on September 14, 1929, as a pre-Code sound comedy, and also issued a silent version. Arthur C. Miller photographed. Joseph Kane edited. Paul Hurst, Mary Carr, and Charles Clary are billed with the three leads.
Themes
Look
Arthur C. Miller shot the leave and the swindle.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- It went out in both a sound version and a silent version.
- Eilers is the woman who takes the money with the lost-brother story.
- Hale is Pike. Cooper is Shorty.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as SailorsHoliday1929AlanHaleSallyEilersGeorgeCooper_201410.
Scenes
- The woman collects money by saying her brother is a missing sailor.
Also available
- Internet Archive (SailorsHoliday1929AlanHaleSallyEilersGeorgeCooper_201410)
