DramaRomance

The Docks of New York

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

Release Date : 1928-09-16

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Bill Roberts

Original Name : George Bancroft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mae

Original Name : Betty Compson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lou

Original Name : Olga Baclanova

Gender : Female

Character Name : 'Sugar' Steve

Original Name : Clyde Cook

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andy

Original Name : Mitchell Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Crimp

Original Name : Guy Oliver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Crimp

Original Name : May Foster

Gender : Female

Character Name : Steve's Girl

Original Name : Lillian Worth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hymn Book Harry

Original Name : Gustav von Seyffertitz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lou's Sweetheart (uncredited)

Original Name : Richard Alexander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Night Court Judge (uncredited)

Original Name : George Irving

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sailor Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : John Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles McMurphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Reeves

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-06

This is a beautiful example of the film-makers craft. Josef von Sternberg and Harold Rosson have created a thing of aesthetic beauty coupled with an interesting - if not especially deep - character study of two people George Bancroft ("Bill") and Betty Compson ("Mae)". The camera loves both of them - and interestingly for the late 1920s, it is not shy in illustrating the beauty of the male physique as well as the beauty of both Compson and Olga Baclanova ("Lou"). The story isn't really the main feature of the film: "Bill" is a stoker on the docks where he encounters a potential suicide victim - the disillusioned hooker "Mae" with whom he soon bonds - much to the frustration of his ex wife "Lou". It is almost totally devoid of sentiment, it is gritty, earthy and although to look at the pair, their love appears unlikely, it does engage with some almost crude, witty, interventions from "Lou" to keep the story entertaining as well as stylish. I am a fan of most of JVS's films - the "Scarlett Empress" (1934) being my favourite, but this one is up there...