Docks of San Francisco

Docks of San Francisco
Docks of San Francisco
	Film poster
Directed by	George B. Seitz
Written by	H. H. Van Loan
Produced by	Ralph M. Like ; Cliff P. Broughton
Starring	Mary Nolan ; Jason Robards Sr. ; Marjorie Beebe
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	Ralph Dixon ; Byron Robinson
Production; company	Action Pictures
Distributed by	Mayfair Pictures
Release date	February 1, 1932;
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Docks of San Francisco is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Mary Nolan, Jason Robards Sr. and Marjorie Beebe.^[1]^[2] It was originally released by Mayfair Pictures, and later re-released by Commonwealth Pictures in 1948. The film was long considered to be a lost film but is now on YouTube.^[3]

Plot

A café waitress becomes a small-time gangster's mistress and a novelist decides to rescue her from the gangster's clutches.

Cast

Mary Nolan as Belle
Jason Robards Sr. as John Banning
Marjorie Beebe as Rose Gillen
John Davidson as Vance
Max Davidson as Max Ranovich, the Detective
Arthur Millett as Police Chief Rafferty
Ernie Adams as Cookie
Walter James as Phony Café Waiter
George Chesebro as Vance's Henchman
Hal Price as Vance's Henchman
Charles McAvoy as Policeman
Frank Meredith as Plainclothesman
Paul Panzer as Café Waiter

References

^ Sandra Brennan (2012). "NY Times: Docks of San Francisco". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
^ Pitts p.241
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Docks of San Francisco

Bibliography

Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

Docks of San Francisco at IMDb

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[NY_Times-1] Sandra Brennan (2012). "NY Times: Docks of San Francisco". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2011.

[2] Pitts p.241

[3] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Docks of San Francisco

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