Review of Shanghaied

Shanghaied (I) (1915)
7/10
Classic Chaplin Slapstick!
11 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Plenty of action here as Charlie gets drawn into a nefarious insurance scam plot hatched by a boat's owner. The owner's also determined, however, to keep Charlie away from daughter Edna. Thank goodness all ends well but not after a LOT of high sea hi-jinks! Someone else commented on the dance routine Charlie does in the galley - yes, he could'a been a ballerina! But I too noticed the backwards shuffle that I'd seen before in Modern Times - I saw the later movie first, but here was its first appearance (first that I'm aware of).

Lotsa fun; was hard to follow for me a few times but I chalk that up to a so-so video quality or I'd have rated it higher. Plus a couple of Charlie & Edna's kissing scenes got interrupted so I took a few points off for that, too! lol Anyway, I hope to get this on a good DVD copy, the best I can find, because this one IS a "keeper"!
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