Waterfront is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy drama film released with sound effects and music, produced and released by First National Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. The film was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall, then a popular duo under the First National banner.[1]
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by | Will Chapel (story) Thomas J. Geraghty Gertrude Orr Casey Robinson |
| Produced by | Ned Marin |
| Starring | Dorothy Mackaill Jack Mulhall |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
| Music by | Gerard Carbonara A. Cousiminer W. Franke Harling Joseph Kaestner Clifford Vaughan |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Cast
edit- Dorothy Mackaill as Peggy Ann Andrews
- Jack Mulhall as Jack Dowling
- James Bradbury Sr. as Peter Seastrom
- Knute Erickson as Captain John Andrews
- Ben Hendricks Jr. as Oilcan Olson
- William Bailey as Brute Mullin
- Pat Harmon as Oiler
Music
editThe film featured a theme song that was entitled "I Love You Dear" which was written by Gerard Carbonara.
Preservation status
editThe new Library of Congress database shows a print surviving complete at Cineteca Italiana in Milan.[2]
References
edit- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute (1971)
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Waterfront
External links
edit- Waterfront at IMDb
- Waterfront at AllMovie
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