The course of true love does not run smoothly in the lives of Eddie Barry and Vera Reynolds. Vera's father orders the girl to take a sea voyage and Eddie follows but only with difficulty gets aboard; and losing all his money is remitted to the steerage.
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There is a moment—halfway through this effervescent one-reeler—when the camera tilts with the roll of the ship and the iris circle closes on Eddie Barry’s eyes, two panicked moons reflected in a silver platter. In that blink you sense the whole film’s wager: identity is as flimsy as a waiter’s dickey, love as volatil...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Ward Hayes
Hal Roach
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" There is a moment—halfway through this effervescent one-reeler—when the camera tilts with the roll of the ship and the iris circle closes on Eddie Barry’s eyes, two panicked moons reflected in a silver platter. In that blink you sense the whole film’s wager: identity is as flimsy as a waiter’s dickey, love as volatile as uncorked moonshine, and the ocean itself a grand leveller of wallets and waistcoats. Shot in the wake of post-WWI euphoria, All at Sea pirouettes on the deck of the Victorian..."
