Lady Be Careful

Sep 3, 1936

1h 11m

★ 4.0

THEY JOINED THE NAVY TO SEE THE WORLD...BUT THEY NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING LIKE THIS!

Overview

Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The plot remains substantially the same, as an amorous sailor named Dynamite (Lew Ayres) bets his pals that he can "thaw" icy beauty-contest winner Billie (Mary Carlisle). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, arguments and reconciliations, all wrapped up in a happy-ever-after conclusion.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Chester aka Dynamite

Lew Ayres

Billie 'Stonewall' Jackson

Mary Carlisle

Barney

Benny Baker

Jake

Buster Crabbe

Lt. Loomis

Grant Withers

Happy

Irving Bacon

Dode

Barbara Barondess

Hazel

Sheila Bromley

Bernice

Wilma Francis

Dancer

Ethel Sykes

Mattie

Murray Alper

Herb

Jack Chapin

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