Astray from the Steerage

19211921
20m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

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Lige Conley, Dot Farley, and Harriet Hammond in Astray from the Steerage (1921)

Comedy

Short

While an immigrant couple are detained by authorities to see if they're fit, a smuggler tries to sneak a bottle into their luggage, but he accidentally gets trapped inside, and gets sent to ... Read allWhile an immigrant couple are detained by authorities to see if they're fit, a smuggler tries to sneak a bottle into their luggage, but he accidentally gets trapped inside, and gets sent to the house where the new Americans will work.While an immigrant couple are detained by authorities to see if they're fit, a smuggler tries to sneak a bottle into their luggage, but he accidentally gets trapped inside, and gets sent to the house where the new Americans will work.

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

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Director
- Frank Powell
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4/10

The film's in good shape....just not a lot of laughs.

"Ashtray from the Steerage" is an oddly named comedy starring Billy Bevan and Louise Fazenda. Sadly, while the film has recently been restored and looks pretty good, for a comedy it doesn't have a ton of laughs in this Mack Sennett production.

Billy and Louise play immigrants who have come to the United States to start a new life and act as caretakers for a rich woman's child. On the boat is a smuggler who is trying to sneak a single bottle of Scotch into the US, as it is during the Prohibition era and alcohol is forbidden.

The problem with this one is it just isn't all that funny. The finale also makes little sense...as the crook was only trying to sneak in a single bottle of booze.

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