Shore Leave
Cast & Crew
John S. Robertson
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Mackaill
Ted Mcnamara
Nick Long
Marie Shotwell
Film Details
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Synopsis
The fleet anchors in a small New England port, and while on shore leave "Bilge" Smith, a hardened, easygoing sailor, meets Connie Martin, the village dressmaker. Smith flirts with her, and Connie, who has never had a sweetheart, takes the flirtation seriously. Smith promises to return to her, and in his absence Connie has an old ship, left to her by her father, converted into a tearoom. The fleet returns, and Connie, not knowing Smith's first name, invites all the Smiths in the fleet to a party. Bilge Smith comes and, at first, does not remember Connie. When he realizes how serious she is about him, he proposes, but, learning of her newly found prosperity, he weighs anchor, refusing to live off a rich woman. Connie later writes to Smith and tells him that she has been reduced to poverty. He quickly returns to her and finds that she still owns the ship. Believing himself to have been tricked, Smith is preparing to leave when Connie haltingly tells him that she has put the ship in trust for her first baby, provided that the child's last name is Smith. Smith decides to stay and marry Connie.
Director
John S. Robertson
Cast
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Mackaill
Ted Mcnamara
Nick Long
Marie Shotwell
Arthur Metcalfe
Warren Cook
Samuel Hines
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
For information on other films based on the Hubert Osborne play, please consult the entry for the 1936 RKO film Follow the Fleet, directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40).
