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Transatlantic Reviews

1931
1 hr 18 mins
Comedy
NR

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As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room.

Excellent character development distinguishes this tale about a diverse group of people on an ocean liner and how their lives become intertwined. Lowe is a gambler, on the run from some bad guys, who is also looking after the interests of Moran. Halliday is a straight banker who gets involved with dancer Nissen, but goes back to his wife, Loy, at the end. Lowe, in the meantime, is dodging bullets--in one good scene he is on the run in the engine room. But he escapes and when the ship reaches his destination, he thinks he is home free. Not really, since the British authorities are there watching him closely. Bevan is on the screen too much as the deck steward throwing out wisecracks, but he can't come up with anything funny enough to help the film. The movie does have an appealing look to it, however, and it won an Academy Award for Best Interior Decoration.