Summary
A slapstick odyssey unfurls on the swell of a trans-Atlantic liner where class is currency and love a stowaway. Vera, heiress in pearls, is banished to the open water by a tyrannical patriarch; Eddie, a penniless dreamer, chases her shadow aboard, only to be hurled into the steerage pit. Through contraband hooch and quick-change servitude he claws upward, swapping grease for white gloves, while below deck jazz sizzles and cardsharps deal futures. A gilded thief courts Vera for her diamonds; Eddie, disguised as a trembling waiter, spills soup and secrets until the final masquerade shatters—tray clatters, mask peels, heart wins. In one breathless reel the ship docks, the couple embrace, the crook is left hog-tied to a deckchair, and the Atlantic keeps their laughter echoing like steam-whistles in the fog.
Synopsis
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. But by a lucky trade in hootch gains access to the first cabin accommodations of the steamer. His girl is in the clutches of a crook who robs her of her jewelry. Eddie unmasks the crook; throws off his own disguise as a waiter; reveals himself to Vera, and so they are made happy.
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