East Side, West Side (1927 film)

1927 film by Allan Dwan

  • October 9, 1927 (1927-10-09)
Running time
90 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

East Side, West Side is a 1927 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring George O'Brien (in the same year that he played the lead in F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans), Virginia Valli, and June Collyer. The supporting cast includes J. Farrell MacDonald and Holmes Herbert. The epic film was shot extensively on various locations in New York City and includes a sinking ship loosely based upon the RMS Titanic.[1]

The film is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[2]

The film, public domain

The film was remade in 1931 as Skyline with Thomas Meighan and Hardie Albright.

Plot

Cast

  • George O'Brien as John Breen
  • Virginia Valli as Becka Lipvitch
  • J. Farrell MacDonald as Pug Malone
  • Dore Davidson as Channon Lipvitch
  • Sonia Nodell as Mrs. Lipvitch (credited as Sonia Nodalsky)
  • June Collyer as Josephine
  • John Miltern as Gerrit Rantoul
  • Holmes Herbert as Gilbert Van Horn
  • Frank Dodge as Judge Kelly
  • Dan Wolheim as Grogan
  • Johnny Dooley as Grogan gang member
  • John Kearney as Policeman
  • Edward Garvey as Second
  • Frank Allworth as Flash
  • William Frederic as Breen
  • Jack La Rue as dining extra (uncredited)

References

  1. ^ East Side, West Side at silentera.com
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:East Side, West Side
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