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"THEY JOINED THE NAVY TO SEE THE WORLD...BUT THEY NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING LIKE THIS!"
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The plot remains substantially the same, as an amorous sailor named Dynamite (Lew Ayres) bets his pals that he can "thaw" icy beauty-contest winner Billie (Mary Carlisle). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, arguments and reconciliations, all wrapped up in a happy-ever-after conclusion.
39 Cast Members
Lew Ayres
Chester aka Dynamite
Mary Carlisle
Billie 'Stonewall' Jackson
Benny Baker
Barney
Buster Crabbe
Jake
Grant Withers
Lt. Loomis
Irving Bacon
Happy
Barbara Barondess
Dode
Sheila Bromley
Hazel
Wilma Francis
Bernice
Ethel Sykes
Dancer
Murray Alper
Mattie
Jack Chapin
Herb
Wesley Barry
Texas
Nick Lukats
Tim
Purnell Pratt
Father
Jack Adair
Sydney
Josephine McKim
Alice
Jennifer Gray
Girl in Sailboat
Bobbie Koshay
Girl in Sailboat
Irene Bennett
Girl in Sailboat
