East Side, West Side
Director Allan Dwan’s excellent use of New York locations enlivens a rags-to-riches tale that fully exploits star George O’Brien’s championship boxing prowess.
From the archive
Neil Brock (George C. Scott) is a young social worker in the slums of New York City. His boss is Frieda Hechlinger, and Jane Foster is the office secretary. This dramatic series features stories about child abuse, drug abuse, rip-offs of the welfare system, crime, et cetera (all of the problems of the inner city). It did generate some controversy due to its themes and a number of local CBS affiliates would not broadcast the show. The program was nominated for seven prime-time Emmy’s and won one.
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East Side, West Side (1927) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. No signup, no payment and no advertising interrupts playback. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Allan Dwan
- Starring
- George O'Brien, Virginia Valli, Holmes Herbert, June Collyer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dore Davidson, Frank Allworth, John Miltern
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