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The Resource Way for a sailor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; director, Sam Wood ; scenario and dialogue by Laurence Stallings and W.L. River ; additional dialogue by Charles MacArthur and Al Boasberg, (motion picture)

Way for a sailor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; director, Sam Wood ; scenario and dialogue by Laurence Stallings and W.L. River ; additional dialogue by Charles MacArthur and Al Boasberg, (motion picture)

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"Jack, a sailor, along with his buddies Tripod and Ginger, feels himself an indomitable force until he falls for Joan, who repeatedly repels his advances every time he comes into port, and only after a number of years is he able to see her alone. Finally he wins her and they are married, but Joan, learning he plans to return to the sea, leaves him. Later, having become a quartermaster on an ocean liner, he finds her still unforgiving; then a storm wrecks the ship on which all are traveling, and to her grief he is lost with Tripod and Ginger, but the trio is rescued by a whaling vessel and returned to port. After receiving Jack's message, Joan, having realized her true feelings, is reunited with him"--AFI catalog, 1921-1930
Language
eng
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Extent
videodisc
Note
  • Based on the novel Way of a sailor, by Albert Richard Wetjen, first published in New York in 1928
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930
  • Credits from OCLC original film cataloging and from container
Instance
Label
Way for a sailor
Title
Way for a sailor
Statement of responsibility
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; director, Sam Wood ; scenario and dialogue by Laurence Stallings and W.L. River ; additional dialogue by Charles MacArthur and Al Boasberg
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Language
eng
Summary
"Jack, a sailor, along with his buddies Tripod and Ginger, feels himself an indomitable force until he falls for Joan, who repeatedly repels his advances every time he comes into port, and only after a number of years is he able to see her alone. Finally he wins her and they are married, but Joan, learning he plans to return to the sea, leaves him. Later, having become a quartermaster on an ocean liner, he finds her still unforgiving; then a storm wrecks the ship on which all are traveling, and to her grief he is lost with Tripod and Ginger, but the trio is rescued by a whaling vessel and returned to port. After receiving Jack's message, Joan, having realized her true feelings, is reunited with him"--AFI catalog, 1921-1930
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NUI
Characteristic
motion picture
Credits note
Photography, Percy Hilburn; editor, Frank Sullivan
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.W39 2015
PerformerNote
John Gilbert (Jack); Wallace Beery (Tripod); Jim Tully (Ginger); Leila Hyams (Joan); Polly Moran (Polly); Doris Lloyd (Flossy)
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1883-1949
  • 1894-1968
  • 1903-1981
  • 1895-1956
  • 1892-1937
  • 1897-1936
  • 1905-1977
  • 1883-1952
  • 1896-1968
  • 1900-1948
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  • Wood, Sam
  • Stallings, Laurence
  • River, W. L.
  • MacArthur, Charles
  • Boasberg, Al
  • Gilbert, John
  • Beery, Wallace
  • Tully, Jim
  • Hyams, Leila
  • Moran, Polly
  • Lloyd, Doris
  • Wetjen, Albert Richard
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
85
Series statement
WB Home Entertainment Group archive collection
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  • Wetjen, Albert Richard
  • Sailors
  • Marriage
Technique
live action
Label
Way for a sailor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; director, Sam Wood ; scenario and dialogue by Laurence Stallings and W.L. River ; additional dialogue by Charles MacArthur and Al Boasberg, (motion picture)
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Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Based on the novel Way of a sailor, by Albert Richard Wetjen, first published in New York in 1928
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930
  • Credits from OCLC original film cataloging and from container
Bar code
  • 31223121386131
  • 31223121386156
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
videodisc
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574295295
Other physical details
sound, black & white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)929985834
System details
DVD, full-screen, Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Way for a sailor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; director, Sam Wood ; scenario and dialogue by Laurence Stallings and W.L. River ; additional dialogue by Charles MacArthur and Al Boasberg, (motion picture)
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Based on the novel Way of a sailor, by Albert Richard Wetjen, first published in New York in 1928
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930
  • Credits from OCLC original film cataloging and from container
Bar code
  • 31223121386131
  • 31223121386156
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
videodisc
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574295295
Other physical details
sound, black & white
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)929985834
System details
DVD, full-screen, Dolby digital mono
Video recording format
DVD

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