In other hands, this could have been a pretty ordinary dimestore romance, but Sternberg gives it depth and, as a result, greatness.
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02/20/09
The Docks of New York (1928)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:6
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 80 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Set in New York's decaying waterfront area, a blue-collar stocker's life is dramatically changed when he saves a suicidal woman from death. Silent film with a haunting score by Gaylord Carter.
Starring: George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Mitchell Lewis
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Reviews for The Docks of New York
1 - 7 (sorted by source; UK critics are listed first)
Ravishing mood and atmosphere, sensual photography
12/03/03
It fulfills their requirements, somewhat obscure to this reviewer, of rhythm, plasticity and unity. In simpler and more popular terms, it seems to be exceptionally good motion picture entertainment.
10/16/07
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02/27/09
Seedy waterfront silent melodrama that sizzles with a smoky atmosphere.
05/24/07
The Docks of New York is really a director's and cinematographer's picture if ever there was one and on that account it's nothing less than masterly.
10/16/07
It's a corking program picture, thanks to George Bancroft, a good story and Julian Johnson's titles.
10/16/07
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