Sailor's Holiday (Reel 3) (1929, silent)

Description: Reel 3 of a silent comedy. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market.

"Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by telling them she is looking for her long-lost brother, a sailor. Later Pike and Shorty are accosted by Molly Jones, whose brother, Ethelbert, actually is a missing sailor. Deeming her an imposter, they elude her by slipping into a nearby cafe. Jimmylegs, the bosun's mate, follows, intending to arrest them because the street woman complained when Pike and Shorty reclaimed the money. There Jimmylegs loses his roll of money, and he chases Molly, suspecting her to be a thief. Molly, Pike, and Shorty end up at Ma Pike's chicken farm. Pike and Molly fall in love. Then it is revealed that Jimmylegs is Molly's long-lost brother, Ethelbert, and all ends happily. " - IMDB, accessed on 2/9/2024
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Subjects: 1920s, Leisure and recreation

Tags: sailors; parrot; urban setting; cafe; cloche hats; birdcages; gaiters; money clips; cigars; bars; clubs; dancing; intertitles

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Pathé Exchange, Fred Newmeyer

Credits: Cast: Alan Hale, Sally Eilers, George Cooper
Director: Fred Newmeyer
Original Story: Joseph Franklin Poland.
Adaptation: Joseph Franklin Poland, Ray Harris
Cinematographer: Arthur Miller
Editors: Claude Berkeley, Joseph I. Kane
Production Designer: Edward C. Jewell
Production Company: Pathé Exchange, Inc.
(Credits from print and Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1912-1939)

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1929-09-14

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: feature, silent, fiction

Language: eng

Rights: (c) Pathe Exchange, Inc.; 24Sep29; LP736. No renewal shown in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1914-39.

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, reduction print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 341