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Waterfront (1928)

Waterfront poster
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Genre
silent film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman and a sailor meet and navigate their relationship amid the bustling atmosphere of the waterfront. The story follows their comedic and romantic entanglements.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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