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The Sailor's Home

The Sailor's Home

1936Short⏱️ 7mApproved
AnimationComedyShort
5.4
IMDB Rating
16 votes

A couple of old salts fall to discussing their various tattooing and a story evolves of the courtships, marriage and trials of one who married a mermaid, bested an octopus and was thrown up out of the water by the girl on his wedd...

Director
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Writers
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Stars
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Release Date
June 12, 1936
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Terrytoons, Educational Films Corporation of America

🏷️ Keywords

20th century fox featurette1936homemarriage to a mermaidmermaid

🎯 Categories

AnimationComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

The One That Got Away
by boblipton2013-05-02
5/10

"Paul Terry is co-credited on this one, a variation on the "under the sea" seas cartoons that he produced over the decades. In this one, a retired sailor explains the tattoo on his chest as a remembrance of his wife -- a blonde mermaid. After the Code was set up, Terry concentrated on cartoons for small children, so this is about as racy as he got. He offers us some nice detail work on the sailors' faces, but most of his gags are fairly standard for him: dog fish that look like Airedales, a villainous octopus that looks spidery: all tropes and images that his staffs had been usi..."

📖 Synopsis

A couple of old salts fall to discussing their various tattooing and a story evolves of the courtships, marriage and trials of one who married a mermaid, bested an octopus and was thrown up out of the water by the girl on his wedd...