03/09/1936
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.
Lew Ayres
as Chester aka Dynamite
Mary Carlisle
as Billie 'Stonewall' Jackson
Benny Baker
as Barney
Buster Crabbe
as Jake
Grant Withers
as Lt. Loomis
Irving Bacon
as Happy
Barbara Barondess
as Dode
Sheila Bromley
as Hazel
Wilma Francis
as Bernice
Ethel Sykes
as Dancer
Murray Alper
as Mattie
Jack Chapin
as Herb
Wesley Barry
as Texas
Nick Lukats
as Tim
Purnell Pratt
as Father
Jack Adair
as Sydney
Josephine McKim
as Alice
Jennifer Gray
as Girl in Sailboat
Bobbie Koshay
as Girl in Sailboat
Irene Bennett
as Girl in Sailboat
Ellen Drew
as Girl in Sailboat
Louise Stanley
as Girl in Sailboat
Henry Arthur
as Sailor
Carlos Barbe
as Tenor
Paul Barrett
as Toad
Harry Burns
as Curio Dealer
Roy Crane
as Shorty
Robert Cummings
as First Officer
Billy Dooley
as Drunk
Lowell Drew
as First Guest
Edward Earle
as Second Officer
Frank Losee Jr.
as Sailor
John Morley
as Sailor
Harry Myers
as Passerby
Joe Ploski
as Chowoski
Charles Requa
as Second Guest
Elizabeth Russell
as Dancer
C.L. Sherwood
as Waiter
Frank Arthur Swales
as Sailor
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