Waterfront (1928 film)

Waterfront
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	September 16, 1928 (1928-09-16)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

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.

Cast

• 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

The film featured a theme song that was entitled "I Love You Dear" which was written by Gerard Carbonara.

Preservation status

The new Library of Congress database shows a print surviving complete at Cineteca Italiana in Milan.

External links

• Waterfront at IMDb
• Waterfront at AllMovie