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.
From the archive
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. Josef von Sternberg's prohibition drama follows a coal stoker and the prostitute that he falls in love with. On release the box office was mediocre, though reviews were solid. Modern reviews have much more praise to give for the film, frequently labeling it as one of the final great silent films.
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The Docks of New York (1928) 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. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Josef von Sternberg
- Starring
- George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Cook, Mitchell Lewis, Guy Oliver, May Foster, Lillian Worth
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