Shanghaied Lovers
About Shanghaied Lovers
Harry (Harry Langdon) is shanghaied on his wedding day. On board he has to deal with Captain Applesauce (Kalla Pasha) and with a sailor who pursues him. Alice Day plays the bride he was taken from. The cook is Tiny Ward, and the first mate is played by Roger Moore (billed as Joseph Young).
Cast & crew
More about Shanghaied Lovers
Roy Del Ruth directed. Mack Sennett produced and presented it. George Spear was the cinematographer, Ernie Crockett did special photography, and John A. Waldron wrote the intertitles. Pathé Exchange released it on 30 March 1924. It was also known as A Sailor's Honeymoon.
Themes
Background
A March 1924 Sennett two-reeler, early in Harry Langdon's run of sailor and wedding comedies for the studio.
Making
Sennett built the short around a wedding-day kidnapping onto a ship, with Kalla Pasha as the heavy captain.
Look
George Spear photographed it, with special photography by Ernie Crockett.
Music
Silent.
Preservation
Incomplete prints survive as 16mm reduction positives. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Silent Era lists the release as a Pathécomedy and notes incomplete 16mm reduction positives.
- Andy Clyde appears as a sailor, uncredited on some cast lists.
- Carl Bennett's Progressive Silent Film List marks the U.S. rights as public domain.
Scenes
- Harry is taken off to sea on the day he was supposed to be married.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons
