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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Duration
  

Director
  
Henry Lehrman

Story by
  
Edward T. Lowe, Jr.

Country
  
United States

Language
  
English (Intertitles)

Release date
  
October 8, 1927 (1927-10-08) (USA) (Limited release)

Writer
  
Henry Lehrman (story), Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay), Edward T. Lowe Jr. (story)

Production
  
Warner Bros. Entertainment

Cast
  
George Jessel, Warner Oland, Audrey Ferris

Genres
  
Comedy, Drama, Silent film

Related Henry Lehrman movies
  
Making a Living (1914), Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914), The Bangville Police (1913), Between Showers (1914)

Sailor Izzy Murphy is a 1927 comedy-drama film released from Warner Bros. Pictures starring George Jessel, Audrey Ferris, Warner Oland and John Milijan. The film was a follow up to a previous film starring George titled Private Izzy Murphy. The premiere was set for October 8, 1927, at Warners' Theater, two days after the premiere of The Jazz Singer, the first talking film (Part-talkie) starring Al Jolson.

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Sailor Izzy Murphy was filmed as a silent film, but was also released with a Vitaphone music soundtrack, with music and sound effects recorded on transcription disks which was synchronized with the film, but with no spoken dialogue.

Plot

Izzy, a perfume vendor, is urged by Jake, his partner, to sell Monsieur Jules, a millionaire perfume merchant, their special formula, but the merchant is incensed to see his daughter's picture on Izzy's perfume bottles and gives him the bum's rush. Aboard Jules's palatial yacht, he receives from Orchid Joe notes threatening his life. Joe is a lunatic who hates people who destroy flowers, and he plans to kill Jules with the help of a crew of maniacs on the yacht. Izzy gets aboard by announcing himself as "Muscle-Bound Murphy," along with Jake, and they promise to help the millionaire and his daughter, Marie. When Izzy is assigned to kill Jules, he feigns great joy and induces Jake to stand in for the assassination, but they are captured by the crew. Through his cleverness, Izzy outsmarts the maniacs and attracts a rescue party, thus closing the sale and winning the love of Marie.

Cast

  • George Jessel as Izzy Goldberg
  • Audrey Ferris as Marie
  • Warner Oland as Monsieur Jules de Gondelaurier
  • John Miljan as Orchid Joe
  • Otto Lederer as Jake
  • Theodore Lorch as the first mate
  • Clara Horton as Cecile

    • Preservation status

    No known film element, including the Vitaphone Sound-on-disc soundtrack, is known to exist, meaning it is currently a lost film.

    References

    Sailor Izzy Murphy Wikipedia
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    Sailor Izzy Murphy IMDb