Sailor Izzy Murphy

Sailor Izzy Murphy

They make poor Izzy Lord High Admiral, Chief Excecutioner, Coal Heaver Extraordinary! He saves his own life and that of his ladylove and her peevish papa!

1927 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama

Izzy Murphy is a street vendor of scents that falls in love with the beautiful woman (Audrey Ferris) whose picture adorns the perfume bottle he sells. After resourcefully tracing the beauty (whose father(Warner Oland) manufactures the perfume to a luxury yacht, he finds himself in the company of an escaped lunatic John Miljan) who has vowed to murder the perfume manufacturer in retaliation for all the flowers that have been lost in the making of the perfume.

Directed by Henry Lehrman · Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr.

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Cast

George Jessel Izzy Murphy
Audrey Ferris Perfume Manufacturer's Daughter
Warner Oland Perfume Manufacturer
John Miljan The Lunatic
Otto Lederer Jake
Theodore Lorch First Mate
Clara Horton Cecile

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