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Why Girls Love Sailors

1927 film by Fred Guiol
Movie short_film Q1322046
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Summary

Why Girls Love Sailors is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Girls Love Sailors's instance of is recorded as short film[3].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors was directed by Fred Guiol[4].
  • Hal Roach wrote the screenplay for Why Girls Love Sailors[5].
  • H. M. Walker wrote the screenplay for Why Girls Love Sailors[6].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's genre is comedy film[7].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's genre is buddy film[8].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's genre is LGBTQ-related film[9].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's genre is silent film[10].
  • A cast member of Why Girls Love Sailors was Stan Laurel[11].
  • A cast member of Why Girls Love Sailors was Oliver Hardy[12].
  • A cast member of Why Girls Love Sailors was Viola Richard[13].
  • A cast member of Why Girls Love Sailors was Anita Garvin[14].
  • A cast member of Why Girls Love Sailors was Malcolm Waite[15].
  • A cast member of Why Girls Love Sailors was Bobby Dunn[16].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors was produced by Hal Roach[17].
  • The original language of Why Girls Love Sailors was English[18].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's Commons category is recorded as Why Girls Love Sailors[19].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's color is recorded as black-and-white[20].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors was released on January 1, 1927[22].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's distributed by is recorded as Pathé Exchange[23].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's title is recorded as Why Girls Love Sailors[24].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's duration is recorded as {'amount': '+20'}[25].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[26].
  • Why Girls Love Sailors's copyright status is recorded as public domain[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Why Girls Love Sailors was produced by Hal Roach[17]. It was directed by Fred Guiol[4]. Screenwriters include Hal Roach[5] and H. M. Walker[6]. Cast members include Stan Laurel[11], Oliver Hardy[12], Viola Richard[13], Anita Garvin[14], Malcolm Waite[15], and Bobby Dunn[16].

Publication

Why Girls Love Sailors was released on January 1, 1927[22]. The original language of it was English[18]. Genres include comedy film[7], buddy film[8], LGBTQ-related film[9], and silent film[10].

Why It Matters

Why Girls Love Sailors ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Hal Roach Oliver Hardy public domain Stan Laurel United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 18573
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 18573, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Producer → Hal Roach
    Filmová databáze film id → 117134
    Duration → {'amount': '+20'}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 117134, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
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