''Way for a Sailor'' is a 1930 American

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film starring John Gilbert.''

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'' film review; November 15, 1930, page 182. The supporting cast includes

Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' ( ...

, Jim Tully,

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, and

Polly Moran Pauline Theresa Moran (June 28, 1883 – January 25, 1952) billed as Polly Moran, was an American actress of vaudeville, stage and screen and comedian. Career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moran started in vaudeville, and widely toured North A ...

. The film was directed by

Sam Wood Samuel Grosvenor Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as '' A Night at the Opera'', '' A Day at the Races'', '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'', '' ...

, who insisted on no screen credit. The film is reputed to be so bad that the studio might have used it to sabotage

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Gilbert's career in the sound era due to animosity from

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

. MGM produced a

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version of this film, ''

Love in Every Port ''Love in Every Port'' (Spanish:''En cada puerto un amor'') is a 1931 American drama film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and Marcel Silver and starring José Crespo, Conchita Montenegro and Juan de Landa. It is the Spanish-language version of ...

'', starring Jose Crespo and

Conchita Montenegro Conchita Montenegro (born Concepción Andrés Picado; September 11, 1911 – April 22, 2007) was a Spanish model, dancer, stage and screen actress. She was educated in a convent in Madrid. Multitalented Montenegro first worked professionally ...

Cast

* John Gilbert as Jack *

as Tripod * Jim Tully as Ginger *

as Joan *

as Polly * Doris Lloyd as Flossy

Opening captions

"THE MERCHANT MARINE — — Afloat....a sweating loyal crew transporting food, machinery, mail, medicines, the very needs of life....to half of the world.
Ashore....a rollicking, pay-spending, 'Love 'em and Leave 'em' gang." "FIRE! A LONE FIGHT! MID-OCEAN! Land a thousand miles back! A thousand miles ahead! A thousand fathoms down!"

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* 1930 films American black-and-white films Films directed by Sam Wood 1930 romantic drama films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American romantic drama films Films with screenplays by Charles MacArthur American multilingual films 1930 multilingual films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-romantic-drama-film-stub