Calling All Tars

Mar 25, 1936

0h 18m

★ 0.0

Overview

This early comedy short has Bob Hope and John Berkes putting on sailor uniforms to find dates, getting mistaken for real sailors and being dragged back to a Navy ship by the shore patrol. Though not much plot, the short does give each star a chance to shine doing comedy bits both together and separately.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Bobby

Bob Hope

Johnnie

John Berkes

Oscar Ragland

Semaphore Signalman

Paul Douglas

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5.2

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5.0

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4.5

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5.2

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6.3

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4.0

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4.0

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0.0

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4.9

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Calling All Tars

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