''Dames Ahoy!'' is a 1930 American

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directed by William James Craft and starring Glenn Tryon,

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and Gertrude Astor.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Dames Ahoy!''
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, it was also released in a silent version.

Plot

Three sailors on shore leave search for a blonde woman who conned one of them out of some money. The encounter a different woman in a

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and win a contest.

Cast

* Glenn Tryon as Jimmy Chase *Helen Wright as Mabel McGuire *

as Bill Jones * Eddie Gribbon as Mac Dougal * Gertrude Astor as The Blonde *Alice Belcher as Parson's Wife *

Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Come and Get It (1936 film), Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky (film), Kentucky'' (19 ...

as Side Show Barker * Edmund Cobb as Marine *

Andy Devine Andrew Vabre Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in American frontier, Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers ...

as Marine at Dance Contest * Robert Dudley as Parson * Franklyn Farnum as Master of Ceremonies * Jack Kirk as Sailor

References

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Australian daybill; lobby posteraccessible version of lobby poster
1930 films Films directed by William James Craft Universal Pictures films 1930 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films Films with screenplays by Sherman Lowe English-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub