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SHORE LEAVE – 1925 – NICK LONG – SILENT – RARE DVD
Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Mackaill, Ted McNamara, Nick Long
Director: John S. Robertson
Sailor Bilge Smith joins Connie Martin for a home cooked meal and a brief kiss. Smitten, Connie waits for her sailor to return…
John S. Robertson and Roy Overbaugh (cinematographer) manage the New York locations and set pieces nicely. Debuting Ted McNamara (as “Battling” Smith) who handles his comic sidekick role well; he probably would have been a character actor long into the talking picture era, but died of pneumonia in 1928.
