Sharp Shooters

1928 film

  • Malcolm Stuart Boylan
  • Marion Orth
Story byRandall FayeProduced byWilliam FoxStarring
  • George O'Brien
  • Lois Moran
  • Noah Young
CinematographyCharles G. ClarkeEdited byJ. Logan Pearson
Production
company
Fox Film Corporation
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 15, 1928 (1928-01-15) (USA)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish intertitles

Sharp Shooters is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring George O'Brien, Lois Moran, and Noah Young.[1] A print survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[2] Sharp Shooters contains uncredited performances by Boris Karloff and Randolph Scott in his first film appearance.

Plot

George is a sailor and smooth-talking lady's man who believes in the adage "love 'em and leave 'em" when it comes to women. While on leave in Morocco, George meets Lorette, a fiery French dancing girl who falls madly in love with him, unaware that he has a girl in every port. Initially thinking of her as just another diversion, George soon discovers that he can't get rid of the girl. She follows him to the United States; he does his best to avoid her. Amused by George's predicament and feeling sorry for the girl, his two best friends, Tom and Jerry shanghai him aboard a vessel and arrange things so that George is unable to avoid Lorette. As a result, George surrenders to the inevitable and marries her.

Cast

  • George O'Brien as George
  • Lois Moran as Lorette
  • Noah Young as Tom
  • Tom Dugan as Jerry
  • William Demarest as "Hi Jack" Murdock
  • Gwen Lee as Flossy
  • Josef Swickard as Grandpère
  • Richard Cramer as Cafe Mug (uncredited)
  • Boris Karloff as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
  • Randolph Scott as Foreign Serviceman in Moroccan Cafe (uncredited)
  • Harry Tenbrook as Hood (uncredited)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sharp Shooters". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Sharp Shooters". Silent Era. Retrieved April 13, 2008.

External links

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Films directed by John G. Blystone