A Girl in Every Port

This is quite the bromance from Howard Hawks. The tale of two men who connect through friendship more completely than they can with any romantic relationship with a woman. This is Hawks’ first real movie that feels like a Hawks movie. This is his The Lodger, a solidly good silent film that presages what his future career would become.

Spike is a sailor going from port to port, packing up a ship at one and unloading it at the next. At every stop, he gets off to look for a woman in his litt...