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Hit the Deck is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Luther Reed released in USA on 2 february 1930 with Jack Oakie

Hit the Deck (1930)

Hit the Deck
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Released in USA 2 february 1930
Length 1h33
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical
Rating69% 3.4608953.4608953.4608953.4608953.460895

Hit the Deck is a 1930 American musical film directed by Luther Reed, which starred Jack Oakie and Polly Walker, and featured Technicolor sequences. It was based on the musical Hit the Deck, which was itself based on the play, Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne. It was one of the most expensive productions of RKO Radio Pictures up to that time, and one of the most expensive productions of 1930. This version faithfully reproduced the stage version of the musical. The film is also considered a lost film. The last known copy was destroyed in an RKO fire in the 1950s.



^ "Hit the Deck: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 16, 2014.

^ Hall, Mordaunt. "New York Times: Hit the Deck". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

^ Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56

^ "Hit the Deck: Trivia". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on June 4, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2014.

Synopsis

Looloo runs a diner which is frequented with U.S. Navy sailors on shore leave, including officers. Two officers, Admiral Smith and Lieutenant Allen accompany a wealthy socialite, Mrs. Payne, to the establishment. Mrs. Payne is an heiress, and when she engages in conversation with Looloo, she expresses admiration for the necklace Looloo is wearing. She offers to purchase it for a substantial sum, but it is a family heirloom and Looloo refuses. Later, two sailors arrive at the diner, Bilge and Clarence, looking for Lavinia, Clarence's sweetheart who has run away. Bilge, is smitten with Looloo, and begins to romance her. Opening up to her, he reveals his desire to become the captain of his own ship after he leaves the navy. Before things go too far, Bilge's shipmates drag him back to his ship, which is scheduled to set sail.

Actors

Jack Oakie

(Bilge)Harry Sweet

(Bunny)Polly Walker

(Looloo)Wallace MacDonald

(Lieutenant Allen)June Clyde

(Toddy)
And :
George Ovey
Ethel Clayton
Dell Henderson
Charles Sullivan
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