Bashful Buccaneer is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Dorothy Dwan and Sheldon Lewis.Rainey p.136
Plot Jerry Logan, a writer known for his sensational tales of sailors and the sea, lacks firsthand experience aboard ships. Curious about maritime life, he embarks on a journey. Encountering two sailors, he falls for their fabricated tale of buried treasure, concocted to assist a financially strained young woman they know. Jerry hires a rugged crew and sets sail in pursuit of the supposed riches, unwittingly thrusting himself into a series of unexpected adventures.
Cast Reed Howes as Jerry Logan Dorothy Dwan as Nancy Lee Sheldon Lewis as First Mate Bull Montana as Second Mate Jimmy Aubrey as Cook Sam Allen as Captain George B. French as Clipper Jones Sailor Sharkey Gunboat Smith
Censorship Before Bashful Buccaneer could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a scene where the cook drinks from a bottle.
Preservation With no holdings located in archives, Bashful Buccaneer is considered a lost film.
References
Bibliography Buck Rainey. Sweethearts of the sage: biographies and filmographies of 258 actresses appearing in western movies. McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub, 1992.
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