Oh, Sailor Behave!

This is a pretty standard issue early musical, and I happen to like the type. Charles King is good, Irene Delroy, whom I hadn't seen before in a musical role, has a good voice but a bland personality. I'm a fan of Lowell Sherman, and he doesn't disappoint here in a small role. He plays it to the hilt. The major problems, and the reason for my low rating, are Olsen and Johnson. I've liked them in other movies, even other early movies (they're quite good in "Gold Dust Gertie"), but they're just awful here. Obviously, Warner Bros. was aiming for a new Wheeler and Woolsey, but it didn't happen. Charles Judels also has a typically annoying scene during one of the better songs. I recommend this movie for fans of early musicals or of Charles King and/or Lowell Sherman, but you'll have to fast forward through the Olsen and Johnson parts, which alternate with the main plot parts.