''Tars and Stripes'' is a 1935 American
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comedy film
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directed by and starring
Buster Keaton.
The film was shot at the
Naval Training Center San Diego, California.
Plot
At a Navy training station, Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle is constantly mocked and berated due to his constant clumsiness and lack of common sense. He is frequently given mundane tasks to complete in order to keep him away from the other apprentices with actual potential but Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack vows to make a sailor out of him if it kills him. After failing to teaching how to tie knots or march properly, Mack becomes angered after he believes he witnesses Elmer flirting with his girlfriend when in actuality he was just helping fix her broken shoe. Elmer eventually reaches the rank of seaman but Mack's girlfriend eventually does develop feelings for Elmer and this enrages Mack who banishes Elmer to the brig and tells him he will stay there. Elmer dismays but soon perks up after realizing Mack's girlfriend has snuck into the brig as well.
Cast
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Buster Keaton as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
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Vernon Dent
Vernon Bruce Dent (February 16, 1895 β November 5, 1963) was an American comic actor, who appeared in over 400 films. He co-starred in many short films for Columbia Pictures, frequently as the foil and the main antagonist and ally to The Thr ...
as Chief Gunners Mate Richard Mack
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Dorothea Kent as Mack's Girlfriend
See also
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Buster Keaton filmography
References
External links
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''Tars and Stripes''at the
International Buster Keaton Society The International Buster Keaton Society Inc.β a.k.a. "The Damfinos"βis the official educational organization dedicated to comedy film producer-director-writer-actor-stuntman Buster Keaton.
Mission
According to the Damfinos, their mission is "t ...
1935 films
1935 comedy films
1935 short films
Educational Pictures short films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Buster Keaton
Films directed by Charles Lamont
Military humor in film
American comedy short films
1930s American films
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