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The Docks of New York is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova. The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the John Monk Saunders story The Dock Walloper .
The Docks of New York: Directed by Josef von Sternberg. With George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Cook. A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Josef von Sternberg
- 1928-09-29
The Docks of New York. Roughneck stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for Mae (Betty Compson), a wise and weary dance-hall girl, in Josef von Sternberg’s evocative portrait of working-class waterfront folk.
- The Stoker
The Docks of New York was a box-office disappointment in its day, lost in the rush to sound in 1928, but today is revealed as a masterpiece of the late silent era, a beautiful and tender film that earns its romantic triumph.
- Josef Von Sternberg
- George Bancroft
Aug 13, 2021 · A 1928 silent film about a stoker who falls for a dance-hall girl in New York. Watch the film online or download it from the Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, and music.
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- Shadows of the Dark
A critical analysis of Josef von Sternberg's 1928 silent film, The Docks of New York, a love story about battered souls at the bottom of the barrel. Learn about the film's production, style, themes, and legacy, with quotes and references.
May 11, 2010 · The Docks of New York (1928) is Sternberg’s first surviving full-scale collaboration with screenwriter Jules Furthman (1888–1960). (Furthman had adapted Underworld and cowritten the now lost The Dragnet with his brother, Charles.)
