Docks of San Francisco

Not to be confused with the 1940 film The San Francisco Docks.

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]

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 (1932-02-01)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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

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