There really aren't that many types of silent films that have withstood the test of time. Slapstick comedies, D.W. Griffith Epic films, then stock footage that I have been wading through. Many of the films that are on the National Film Registry are also artistic studies, follow no storyline, and have no dialogue. True silent films... or boring.This one is different through, there is a lot going on here and it isn't the slapstick adventure that keeps turning up. This one is about blue collar ship workers in New York. All of the characters have hard lives, and the story is full of action and romance. With an attempted suicide, wedding by a ship captain in a bar, murder, and happy ending this film has it all.
Not on the registry but one of the oldest films in the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die, this film was a true surprise.
Vote: 7/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018839/
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