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THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK
♪ Live piano accompaniment by Steve Sterner ♪
U.S., 1928
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova
Approx. 76 min. 35mm.
Dock worker George Bancroft marries—or does he?—waterfront hooker Betty Compson after rescuing her from suicide, in Sternberg’s first expressionist masterpiece.
35mm collection print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Reviews
“The settings indicate that von Sternberg was reaching his peak as a visual stylist.”
– David Shipman
“The most accomplished of Sternberg’s silent films.”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader