''Sailor Izzy Murphy'' is a 1927 comedy-drama film released from Warner Bros. Pictures starring George Jessel,

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and

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. The film was a follow up to a previous film starring Jessel titled ''

Private Izzy Murphy ''Private Izzy Murphy'' is a 1926 American silent comedy-drama film with Vitaphone sound effects, starring George Jessel, and Patsy Ruth Miller. The film was released by Warner Bros. It is unknown if a copy survives meaning it could be a lost ...

''. The premiere was set for October 8, 1927, at Warners' Theater, two days after the premiere of ''

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'', the first talking film (

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) starring

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. ''Sailor Izzy Murphy'' was filmed as a silent film, but was also released with a Vitaphone music soundtrack, with music and sound effects recorded on transcription disks which was synchronized with the film, but with no spoken dialogue.

Plot

Izzy, a perfume vendor, is urged by Jake, his partner, to sell Monsieur Jules, a millionaire perfume merchant, their special formula, but the merchant is incensed to see his daughter's picture on Izzy's perfume bottles and gives him the bum's rush. Aboard Jules's palatial yacht, he receives from Orchid Joe notes threatening his life. Joe is a lunatic who hates people who destroy flowers, and he plans to kill Jules with the help of a crew of maniacs on the yacht. Izzy gets aboard by announcing himself as "Muscle-Bound Murphy," along with Jake, and they promise to help the millionaire and his daughter, Marie. When Izzy is assigned to kill Jules, he feigns great joy and induces Jake to stand in for the assassination, but they are captured by the crew. Through his cleverness, Izzy outsmarts the maniacs and attracts a rescue party, thus closing the sale and winning the love of Marie.

Cast

* George Jessel as Izzy Goldberg *

as Marie *

as Monsieur Jules de Gondelaurier *

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as Orchid Joe *

Otto Lederer Otto Lederer (April 17, 1886 – September 3, 1965) was a Czech-American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933, most notably '' The Jazz Singer'', the first full-length film to have sound sequences, and the Laurel and ...

as Jake *

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as the first mate *

Clara Horton Clara Marie Horton (July 29, 1904 – December 4, 1976) was an American actress of the silent film era. Horton was born in Brooklyn. Her mother gave up a career as a piano soloist and instructor to raise her baby. She planned for Clara ...

as Cecile

Preservation status

No known film element, including the

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soundtrack, is known to exist, meaning it is currently a

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* * 1927 films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Warner Bros. films 1927 comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Lost American films 1927 lost films 1920s American films Lost comedy-drama films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub

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Preservation status

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