Complete credited cast: | |||
George Bancroft | ... | Bill Roberts | |
Betty Compson | ... | Mae | |
Olga Baclanova | ... | Mrs. Lou Roberts (as Baclanova) | |
Clyde Cook | ... | 'Sugar' Steve | |
Mitchell Lewis | ... | Andy - the Third Engineer | |
Gustav von Seyffertitz | ... | Hymn Book Harry |
Bill Roberts works as a stoker on a coal-red barge. It's dirty, hard work and the men have to put up with a foreman, Andy, who seems to enjoy making their life miserable. When finally off the ship, Bill sees a young woman struggling in the water - apparently trying to commit suicide. He takes her to the Sandbar saloon, the sailors' hangout. The girl is Mae and Bill takes a shine to her but so does Andy. One thing leads to another and Bill asks her to marry him then and there. They don't have a marriage ;licence however and despite Bill promising to get one first thing the morning he decides to leave her behind. When she gets into trouble however, Bill steps in. Written by garykmcd
What a good film and what good condition this film is in. The story is simple enough but delivered so well by a great cast.
Seaman(George Bancroft) gets shore leave for the night and goes looking for some fun. He saves a lady(Betty Compson) and is overwhelmed by her. One thing leads to another and he ask her out. From there all kinds of things happen. One of those things is love.
I was very impressed by Bancroft and Compson. They really seemed like they were living their parts rather than acting them out. Betty Compson was such a beautiful woman. That combined with her acting talent, I am surprise that she wasn't a big silent film star. I have never heard of her before.
I would recommend this film to all film lovers, silent and sound.