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Way for a Sailor is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sam Wood released in USA on 1 november 1930 with John Gilbert
Way for a Sailor (1930)
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Add to a movie listWay for a Sailor (1930) is an American Pre-Code film starring John Gilbert. The supporting cast includes Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, Leila Hyams, and Polly Moran. The film was directed by Sam Wood, who insisted on no screen credit. The film is reputed to be so bad that the studio might have used it to sabotage leading man Gilbert's career in the sound era due to animosity from Louis B. Mayer. MGM produced a Spanish language version of this film, Love in Every Port, starring Jose Crespo and Conchita Montenegro.
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