Summary
In 'Move Along,' Lloyd Hamilton portrays a man whose life is literally being carried on his back. Following a swift eviction from his boarding house, our protagonist refuses to abandon the comforts of home, choosing instead to navigate the urban sprawl with his entire bed and personal effects in tow. This journey leads him into the heart of the city’s impoverished districts, where a makeshift shelter under a tattered awning becomes a stage for a desperate kind of romance. As a storm breaks and the temperature plummets, the man finds himself sharing his meager sanctuary with an unsheltered woman. What begins as a survivalist comedy shifts into a melancholic exploration of human connection amidst freezing conditions. His confession of love, whispered against the biting cold, serves as the emotional peak before a sharp physical jolt—a policeman’s punch—shatters the illusion, returning him to the cold reality of the sidewalk outside his former home. It is a cynical, yet poignant, look at the fragility of the American dream during the silent era.
Evicted from his boarding house, a man takes his bed and belongings to the poorer section of a city. It rains but he lets down an awning and has shelter. He shares it with a girl who is unsheltered. It becomes cold and everything freezes. He is telling her of his love and feels a punch in the ribs, and wakes up to find a policeman in front of his boarding house telling him to move along.
