Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.
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Stan Laurel as Willie Brisling
Oliver Hardy as First Mate
Viola Richard as Willie's Girl
Anita Garvin as Captain's Wife
Malcolm Waite as Sea Captain
Edgar Dearing as Amorous Sailor
Bobby Dunn as Bemused Sailor
Jerry Mandy as Sailor
Anna May Wong as Delamar (scenes deleted)
Sôjin Kamiyama as Moneylender (scenes deleted)
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Il était un petit navire Trailer
Laurel et Hardy - Il était un petit navire Trailer
United States 17 July 1927
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Wimpy sailor boy Billy Epsom has just arrived from New Guinea with a guinea pig in a box for his sweetheart.
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ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life.
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A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.
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The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor.
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The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
31 October 1927
Oswald takes a job as a lifeguard to keep an eye on Miss Rabbit, who in turn stages a boating accident hoping Oswald will come to save her.
27 August 1927
Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.
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Lane plays two roles: Grand Duke Algy Horseradish De Ketchup of Worcestershire and Newsboy White. The newsboy is hired by Elmer Éclair (played by Lane's younger brother, Walter Lupino) to impersonate the Duke for unstated reasons, and to attend a house party at the Smalls (a last name that leads to several puns) in the Duke's stead.
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