''Wharf Angel'' is a 1934 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
William Cameron Menzies
William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an American film production designer (a job title he invented) and art director as well as a film director and producer during a career spanning five decades. He began his career ...
and
George Somnes and starring
Victor McLaglen
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made sev ...
,
Dorothy Dell
Dorothy Dell (born Dorothy Dell Goff; January 30, 1915 – June 8, 1934) was an American film actress. She died in an auto accident at the age of 19.
Early life and career
Born Dorothy Dell Goff in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to entertainers ...
,
David Landau, and
Preston Foster
Preston Stratton Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970), was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.
Early life
Born in Ocean City, New Jersey ...
. ''Wharf Angel'' was the first screenplay of Stephen Morehouse Avery.
Premise
Two
stokers who work on the same ship become rivals for the love of a woman who works in a
saloon in the tough
Barbary Coast area of
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
.
BFI Database entry
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Cast
* Victor McLaglen
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made sev ...
as Turk
* Dorothy Dell
Dorothy Dell (born Dorothy Dell Goff; January 30, 1915 – June 8, 1934) was an American film actress. She died in an auto accident at the age of 19.
Early life and career
Born Dorothy Dell Goff in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to entertainers ...
as Toy
* Preston Foster
Preston Stratton Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970), was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist.
Early life
Born in Ocean City, New Jersey ...
as Como Murphy
* Alison Skipworth as Mother Bright
* David Landau as Moore
* John Rogers as Goliath
* Mischa Auer as Sadik
* Alfred Delcambre as Steve
* James Burke as Brooklyn Jack
* Frank Sheridan as The Skipper
* Donald E. Wilson as Slim
* John Northpole as Vasil
* Alice Lake as Saloon Girl
* Grace Bradley
Grace Bradley (September 21, 1913 – September 21, 2010) was an American film actress who was active in Hollywood during the 1930s.
Early life
Bradley was born in Brooklyn and was an only child. As a child, she took piano lessons and, by the ...
as Saloon Girl
* Jill Dennett
Jill Dennett (May 26, 1913 – March 14, 1969) was a motion picture actress in Hollywood movies for a decade, beginning in 1932. She appeared in more than twenty films, all of the appearances in uncredited roles. She was a talented dancer and si ...
as Saloon Girl
* Jack Cheatham
John Preston Cheatham (December 28, 1894 – March 30, 1971) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. During his career he appeared in almost 200 films, with 100 of them being features.
Life and career
Born John Preston Cheat ...
as Sailor
References
External links
IMDB entry
1934 drama films
1934 films
American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by William Cameron Menzies
Paramount Pictures films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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