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Sidney D'Albrook
- Ship's Officer
- (uncredited)
Harris Gordon
- Ship's Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaVitaphone production reel #2919.
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Anchored in Place and Time
Pat West was a stage and screen actor with a lot of credits and ability. In this one he shows up, deals with a couple of stooges, then goes into his sailor-suited act in which he sings a couple of songs and tells a bunch of jokes about his family. You can see the talent here, but this film doesn't really work more than as a record of a good stage act -- which is worth a lot in and of itself.
The issue is that this act is staged, modulated and shot as if Mr. West is in a vaudeville house and that is a big venue with a different sort of intimacy than a movie screen. This act, which might easily have been shot straight had Mr. West pitched it differently, or if it had been shot with more background action -- an audience, say. But as it is, it just doesn't quite work.
The issue is that this act is staged, modulated and shot as if Mr. West is in a vaudeville house and that is a big venue with a different sort of intimacy than a movie screen. This act, which might easily have been shot straight had Mr. West pitched it differently, or if it had been shot with more background action -- an audience, say. But as it is, it just doesn't quite work.
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- boblipton
- Jul 19, 2010
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- Arthur Pat West in 'Ship Ahoy'
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- Runtime8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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