A Girl in Every Port (1928) DVD-R

Starring Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks, Natalie Joyce, Leila Hyams,
Sally Rand
Directed by Howard Hawks

Print: black/white
Runtime: 62 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

The rampant male chauvinism in A Girl in Every Port might be hard for contemporary
audiences to stomach, but fans of director Howard Hawks will be delighted. Victor
McLaglen and Robert Armstrong play Spike and Salami, two sailors who become close pals
but only after dukeing it out over a dame. Together, Spike and Salami travel all of the world
in search of women and adventure and women. Their friendship is sorely tested when Spike
decides to settle down to marry French fortune hunter Marie (Louise Brooks), but eventually
Salami convinces his pal that this 'skirt' just ain't worth it. Famed exotic dancer Sally Rand
co-stars as one of the heroes' many sexual conquests. A Girl in Every Port was remade two
years later as Goldie, with Spencer Tracy, Warren Hymer and Jean Harlow.