Docks of San Francisco

19321932
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1h 4m

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Barbary Coast, San Francisco. The gangster moll Belle gets deeply entangled with gangsters led by her boyfriend Vance. The professional writer John Banning understands why Belle got involved... Read allBarbary Coast, San Francisco. The gangster moll Belle gets deeply entangled with gangsters led by her boyfriend Vance. The professional writer John Banning understands why Belle got involved with these criminals. Banning tries to help her get out of that seedy life. However, It i... Read allBarbary Coast, San Francisco. The gangster moll Belle gets deeply entangled with gangsters led by her boyfriend Vance. The professional writer John Banning understands why Belle got involved with these criminals. Banning tries to help her get out of that seedy life. However, It is not easy. A lot of action and violence ensues before Belle eventually succeeds.

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- George B. Seitz
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- H.H. Van Loan(story and screenplay)
- George B. Seitz(adaptation)
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- George B. Seitz
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- H.H. Van Loan(story and screenplay)
- George B. Seitz(adaptation)
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This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast; its earliest documented telecast in the New York City area occurred Saturday 19 August 1950 on WATV (Channel 13).

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6/10

Pretty good for a very cheaply made B.

Although in modern times the term 'B-movie' has come to mean bad movie, back in the 1930s and 40s, a B wasn't necessarily bad...just short and economically made. This is because during this era of double-features, theaters were looking for cheap lesser features for this double bill. In other words, they'd show an A-picture (a higher quality and more expensively made film of at least 70 minutes in length) and the B (about 50-65 minutes) which was simple, quick and usually entertaining. Some were really bad....most were more like time-passers.

When I saw "Docks of San Francisco", I could quickly tell it was a B. It was made by an itty-bitty studio, lasted about an hour and was filled with unknown actors. Yet, despite this humble pedigree, it was entertaining...possibly, in part, because it was a Pre-Code film and filled with plenty of violence...and an amazingly downbeat ending.

The story is about a rather dim woman who has been manipulated by her no-good boyfriend into a life of crime. But she's sick of it and wants to go straight. How does a nice rich guy help her? Well, see the film!

I don't think this is one to rush out to see. But it is entertaining and well made for what it is.

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