Wednesday, April 8, 2015
A Girl In Every Port (1928)
A GIRL IN EVERY PORT (1928) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Howard Hawks
Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks,
Myrna Loy, William Demarest, Sally Rand
Two swaggering merchant seamen sail the seven seas, getting in fights and cruising for dames. Boys will be boys, I guess, though these guys are a few years beyond being boyish and ultimately care more for each other than for any of the women they hook up with. Then there's Louise Brooks as the Marseilles carnival artist who steals Armstrong's pants and McLaglen's heart. It's a secondary part in the context of the film, but she sure looks swell in a leotard. You can see why Pabst cast her as Lulu after watching her in this.