2 Movies Starring Olga Baclanova

The Docks of New York

The Docks of New York

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1928-09-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

76 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (2467 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jules Furthman (story)

Julian Johnson (titles)

John Monk Saunders (suggested by "The Dock Walloper")

Fullplot:

The ship on which Bill Roberts is a stoker has just put into port, giving the crew one night ashore. The ship's bad-tempered third engineer orders the stokers to clean up, while the engineer heads for a dockside bar, where he has a confrontation with the wife he had abandoned. Then, as Bill himself goes ashore, he sees a young woman attempt to drown herself. Bill dives in, saves her, and then, assisted by the engineer's wife, sees that she is cared for. Bill and the rescued woman begin to enjoy one another's company, but they must contend with the malice of the engineer, as well as a number of other complications.

Freaks

Freaks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1932-02-20

Languages:

English, German, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

64 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(29972 Reviews)

Director:

Tod Browning

Genres:

DramaHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins (suggested by story: "Spurs")

Fullplot:

A circus trapeze artist, Cleopatra, takes an interest in Hans, a midget who works in the circus sideshow. Her interest however is in the money Hans will be inheriting and she is actually carrying on an affair with another circus performer, Hercules. Hans's fiancèe does her best to convince him that he is being used but to no avail. At their wedding party, a drunken Cleopatra tells the sideshow freaks just what she thinks of them. Together, the freaks decide to make her one of their own.

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