Twp sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend.


If you're the kind of person who needs a tightly wound script to enjoy a movie, stay far away from Howd' Ya Like That?. But if you have a soft spot for loud, slightly frantic, and genuinely weird vaudeville-era comedy, you might actually have a blast. It’s a Prohibition-era romp, which basically means everyone is eith...
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"If you're the kind of person who needs a tightly wound script to enjoy a movie, stay far away from Howd' Ya Like That?. But if you have a soft spot for loud, slightly frantic, and genuinely weird vaudeville-era comedy, you might actually have a blast. It’s a Prohibition-era romp, which basically means everyone is either drunk, hiding booze, or yelling about booze. The plot is just an excuse to get Shemp Howard into a room and let him do his thing, which is usually just making funny faces while ..."
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