Oh Sailor Behave (Warner Bros.) (1930)

“OH SAILOR BEHAVE”—A Warner Bros. Production Laugh-Provoking Comedy Of Love And Intrigue Onsen & Johnson, With Lott: Loder m'Oh: Sailor Behave"A Warner Bros Production America’s Funniest Clowns Do Their Stuff Before the Camera—AND IT CLICKS!! Production No. 1—Cut or Mat A WARNER BROS. ann VITAPHONE PICTURE WARNER BROS. Present OH SAILOR BEHAVE! ime. The Present Place. Naples THE CAST Nanette Dodge... ee IRENE DELROY Charlie Garrat. CHARLES KING Prince Kosoff See et eee LOWELL SHERMAN Roumanian General____.-.-----NOAH BEERY ite se OLE OLSEN DPE TAIRA EI cor tise te Se ES CHIC JOHNSON sR TY, Betas oc eee ne ee ieee LoTTI LODER Wt a VIVEN OAKLAND Bp egtep es CHARLES JUDELS (8 TET ERROR <2 caer Sailnet ee ELISE BARTLETT FROM THE PLAY BY ELMER RICE SCREEN ADAPTATION BY JOSEPH JACKSON DIRECTED BY ARCHIE MAYO SONGS BY AL DUBIN anv JOE BURKE THE STORY Nanette Dodge and Charlie Carroll, both Americans, are in Italy for diverse purposes. Nanette, a young and beautiful heiress, is there in search of marriage and a title, while Carroll, who is a reporter for the Paris Herald, finds himself bound \for an interview with a Roumanian General. The girl and the reporter meet and fall madly in love with each other, but: at the height of their romance Nanette is recalled to England at the request of her sister. In the meantime, Simon and Peter, slightly daft sailors from an American ship, come on the scene. While their mission is to find a man with a wooden leg who has robbed the Navy stores, they are diverted from their purpose by a pretty Italian girl, Luisa, who propels them into amusing (difficulties. Separated from the girl he loves, Charlie renews his efforts to interview the General and finally decides to approach him through Kuni, the General’s favorite. His success is only partial—Kuni, becoming interested in him personally, promises to help him save his job by arranging the sought-after interview. -At the same time Nanette, in London, learns why her siser Mitzi, a married woman with two children, has sent for her. Some years before, Mitzi had had an affair with an exiled Russian Prince, Kosoff by name, and had written him some ardent letters which he was now threatening to show to Mitzi’s husband if she did not gratify his preposterous demands for money. Nan is determined to vamp the Prince out of the letters without compromising herself. In the end, however, the Prinee tricks her and she is forced to marry him to save her sister. He agrees, however, to give her an immediate divorce if she will sign over to him a large share of her inheritance. Perplexed by this unlooked-for turn of events, Nan wires to Charlie explaining her marriage and its unusual terms, but the telegram is delayed and he continues to think that Nan has forgotten him and married the Prince for love. Heartbroken, he offers to marry Kuni and take her to Paris. At this point Nan comes to Naples, only to find that the Prince has broken his word and expects a postponed honeymoon, while Charlie, whom she loves, is about to elope with Kuni. The guarded General is planning to leave Naples by airplane to conduct a campaign, when the Prince approaches him with an offer to purchase the plane for the purpose of kidnapping Nanette. The General, knowing his life is threatened on all sides, agrees to sell if the Prince will wear his, (the General’s) uniform. When the Prince, thus equipped, goes out, he is killed by assassins’ bullets. Nanette’s telegram of explanation is delivered belatedly, to Charlie, who win’s the girl’s forgiveness; he makes his peace with Kuni, and the lovers are free to marry. “OH SAILOR BEHAVE!” A Pot-pourri Of Love and Laughter— A Delectable Screen-dish Spiced With Chuckles! TASTE IT AND YOULL ASK FOR MORE! The Story In Brief Nanette Dodge, American heiress, comes to Italy and meets Charles Carroll, reporter, with whom she falls in love. Their romance is interrupted by a eall to England from the girl’s sister. When Nanette returns to. Italy she finds Charlie entangled both politically and socially with Kuni, secretary to a Roumanian general, whom his paper has sent him to interview. In the meantime Nanette has been married to Prince Kosoff, who several years before had had an affair with her sister, now married, and who is engaged in a blackmail plot to ruin her happiness. Two American sailors, who supply the comedy, involve a pretty Italian girl in the proceedings. The prince is finally shot, Charlie extricates himself from his entanglement with Kuni, and the lovers are free to marry. (Advance) “Oh Sailor Behave!” Filled With Comedy, | Action, Beauty Manager Gf AO! ae Theatre, announces that “Oh Sailor Behave!” Warner Bros. special Vitaphone production featuring Olsen and Johnson, will be the next attraction Staging =... H “Oh Sailor Behave!” which is taken from the play, “See Naples and Die,” by Elmer Rice, and adapted to the screen by Joseph Jackson, brings to talking picture audiences one of the greatest casts ever assembled in one picture. ’ Besides Ole Olsen and Chie Johnson, America’s funniest clowns, such outstanding artists as Irene Delroy, Charles King, Lotti Loder, Noah Beery, Lowell Sherman, Vivien Oakland, Charles Judels and Lawrence Grant are included in the cast. The story, which abounds with action and side-splitting comedy, is laid in the beautiful city of Naples. Arehie Mayo, who was responsible for two of this year’s most hilarious comedies, “The Sap,” and “Wide Open” with Edward Everett Horton, directed “Oh Sailor Behave!” (Advance) New Comedy-Riot Introduces Three Broadway Stars “Oh Sailor Behave!” Warner Bros. special Vitaphone production of Elmer Rice’s comedy hit, has been adapted to the screen by Joseph Jackson and will open at the...... .. theatre next Olsen and Johnson, known as America’s funniest clowns, make their screen debut in this film, complicating the plot in their inimitable fashion and providing side-splitting situations. For fifteen years these sterling comedians have been entertaining vaudeville» and musical comedy audiences with their crazy anties and nonsensical patter. Now, for the first time, they bring their talents to the talking screen in “Oh Sailor Behave!” Trene Delroy, recognized in New York as the best comedy ingenue on the stage, also makes her screen debut in this picture. She plays opposite Charles King, who was featured on the New York stage in “Hit the Deck” and “Present Arms.” Others in the all-star cast inelude Lotti Loder, the little Viennese beauty, Noah Beery, Lowell Sherman, Vivien Oakland, Charles Judels and Lawrence Grant. “Oh Sailor Behave!” is a colorful and romantie story of Italy, bursting with comedy, which takes for its background the city of Naples. Al Dubin and Joe Burke, the team that composed, “Painting the Clouds With Sunshine,” and “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” wrote the original songs and lyrics. Archie Mayo directed. In Glorious Naples (Advance) “Oh Sailor Behave!”’ Gives Them No Chance To Behave Ole Olsen and Chie Johnson, known as “America’s funniest clowns,” make their talking picture debut in, “Oh Sailor Behave!” Warner Bros. special Vitaphone production which comes to the Theatre next® =. 332. Famed for their laugh-provoking tomfoolery and mad anties, Olsen and Johnson provide the comedy touches—and they are many—in this colorful story of love and intrigue beneath Italian skies. They enact the roles of two American sailors ‘ostensibly on the look-out for a man with a wooden leg, but actually yearning for nothing but mischief. Naturally both become enamored of the same pretty girl, and their attempts to win her are hilariously funny. While Olsen and Johnson have never before appeared on the talking sereen their fame as vaudeville comedians has spread far and wide, and interest in their Vitaphone debut runs high. They bring to “Oh Sailor Behave!” the same genius for inducing mirth with which they graced the speaking stage. They have a natural adaptability for the talking screen and their comic antics are thrown into gay relief in “Oh Sailor Behave!” Taking for its locale the famous city of Naples, and filmed against lavish and pretentious settings, the first Olsen and Johnson comedy brings to the screen one of the most outstanding casts ever assembled. Irene Delroy, celebrated Broadway musical comedy star, makes her ini fial screen appearance as the fem— inine lead, opposite Charles King, the handsome young man who sang his way to popularity in other pietures. Lotti Loder, a Viennese beauty of individual talents, who was discovered in Budapest and brought to Hollywood by a Warner Bros. exeeutive, enacts one of the featured roles. Noah Beery, Lowell Sherman, Vivien Oakland, Charles Judels and Lawrence Grant complete the allstar cast. It is direeted by Archie Mayo and adapted to the screen by Joseph Jackson. Al Dubin and Joe Burke, the team that wrote “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine” and “In a Kitchenette,” furnished the songs and lyrics for “Oh Sailor Behave!” | Neapolitan Idyll & Charles Ki be in" Oh Sailor Behave /rene De/ro A Warner &ros.Production An American Heiress Finds Love in Beautiful Naples! Production No. 2—Cut or Mat \