Lady Be Careful

19361936
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1h 12m

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6.0/10

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Comedy and Romance amongst American sailors in a pre-WWII tale of antics during shore leave chasing high society ladies. It's a common tale where a confident sailor bets he can get the girl ... Read allComedy and Romance amongst American sailors in a pre-WWII tale of antics during shore leave chasing high society ladies. It's a common tale where a confident sailor bets he can get the girl but inevitably falls in love with her.Comedy and Romance amongst American sailors in a pre-WWII tale of antics during shore leave chasing high society ladies. It's a common tale where a confident sailor bets he can get the girl but inevitably falls in love with her.

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Director
- Theodore Reed
Writers
- Kenyon Nicholson(play "Sailor Beware")
- Charles Robinson(play "Sailor Beware")
- Dorothy Parker(screenplay)
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Lew Ayres and Mary Carlisle in Lady Be Careful (1936)

Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, and Buster Crabbe in Lady Be Careful (1936)

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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

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Remade as The Fleet's In (1942)

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5/10

Toned Down Version of a Raunchy 1933 Play

When Paramount got around to making a film version of the play Sailor Beware, the Production Code was in full effect so to please the Hays Office the original story had to be toned down somewhat. The idea is that a timid sailor is goaded into proving he can make a certain woman by bringing back a token which proves he has succeeded, here it is a contest ribbon the girl has won in a beauty contest. Lew Ayres who had played at least one similar part before is the shy sailor and his fellow seaman goading him is the hunky Buster Crabbe who is known for his success with the dames, the heroine is the attractive Mary Carlisle. Dorothy Parker is listed as one of the writers who adapted the play but I don't recall any especially scintillating dialogue.

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