Hold Your Man

When Eddie is looking around Ruby's apartment, waiting for his clothes to dry, he spots a pennant on the wall that says "Albany Night Boat." That refers to the steamships that would depart New York City in the early evening for an overnight trip up the Hudson River to Albany. The ships had hundreds of staterooms and often were used---as the film's contemporary audience would know---for romantic getaways or illicit affairs. The pillow Eddie sees next also may have been a souvenir from the ship, as it's inscribed, "We're here to-day/To-morrow we're through/So let's be gay/It is up to you." Such trips peaked in the early 20th century, but started to decline in the 1930s when less costly, speedier, and more efficient modes of transportation by rail and automobile came to the fore. By the 1940s, the Albany Night Boat had virtually ceased to exist.

When Eddie slams the door after tossing Aubrey Mitchell out of the apartment, the wall shakes.

Featured in Polvorilla (1933)