Word: salamis
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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There are two rollicking sailors in this fractious and excellent comedy. One is Spike Madden, an amorous captain; the other is Salami, a tough, common, swab, whose philanderings around the world are vastly annoying to the first. In every port to which Spike Madden ventures, searching love and its accompanying delights, he finds that Salami has already appropriated the most lovely ladies. Enraged, he longs to meet his rival and give him a beating. He does not, however, discover the identity of Salami until this wayward character, traveling incognito, has worsted him in a street fight for which both...
...become fast friends and are to be seen together scouting the bright seas for frolic and fistfighting. In Marseilles they meet Marie, who loves the swab and is beloved of Madden. She, a most charming piece, almost defeats their friendship, but not quite. At the end, Spike Madden and Salami, both very drunk, fare forth from Marseilles in search of further fun beyond the seas...