Give Me A Sailor (1938)
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Bob Hope and Jack Whiting are amorous sailors. Martha Raye is the "ugly duckling" sister of beautiful Betty Grable. The complication? Everyone's in love with the wrong person: Martha pines for Jack who pines for Betty who pines for Bob, and so it goes. The casting seems to be mixed up… More Bob Hope and Jack Whiting are amorous sailors. Martha Raye is the "ugly duckling" sister of beautiful Betty Grable. The complication? Everyone's in love with the wrong person: Martha pines for Jack who pines for Betty who pines for Bob, and so it goes. The casting seems to be mixed up as well. Betty Grable would have been the likely candidate for the roles of Legs Larkin, but this in fact is the character name of Martha Raye, who (in the picture) defeats Grable in a beautiful legs contest! Because Paramount was trying to build up a Raye-Hope team, Martha ends up with Bob at fadeout time, while Jack and Betty have to make do with each other. Martha Raye is clearly the star of Give Me a Sailor, though Bob Hope, in his third feature film, has a few worthwhile moments. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Elliott Nugent
- Written By
- Doris Anderson, Frank Butler
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 19, 1938 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 11, 1995
- Studio
- Universal Studios Home Video
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Cast
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Martha Raye
as Letty Larkin
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Bob Hope
as Jim Brewster
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Betty Grable
as Nancy Larkin
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Jack Whiting
as Walter Brewster
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J.C. Nugent
as Mr. Larkin
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Clarence Kolb
as Captain Tallant
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Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Brewster
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Emerson Treacy
as Meryl
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Bonnie Jean Churchill
as Ethel May Brewster
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Kathleen Lockhart
as Mrs. Hawks
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Ralph Sanford
as Ice Man
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Edward Earle
as First Businessman
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Eddie Kane
as Second Businessman
- Eddie Borden
