The docks of New York (DVD) [videorecording] / a Paramount Picture ; [presented by] Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky ; a Josef von Sternberg production ; Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation ; directed by Josef von Sternberg ; associate producer, J.G. Bachmann ; story and screen play by Jules Furthman.
Geroge Bancroft, Betty Compson, Baclanova, Clyde Cook, Mitchell Lewis, Gustav Von Seyffertitz. Based on The dock walloper by John Monk Saunders. Originally produced in 1928 as a silent motion picture. Released as part of the box set: 3 silent classics by Josef Von Sternberg. Special features: Two different scores to accompany film, one by Robert Israel, one by Donald Sosin; "Josef von Sternberg interview" Swedish television interview from 1968 with the director.
Summary:
Roughneck stoker Bill Roberts gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for Mae, a wise and weary dance-hall girl.
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