''Waterfront'' is a 1928 silent film released with sound effects and music, produced and released by

First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count ...

. The film was directed by

William A. Seiter William Alfred Seiter (June 10, 1890 – July 26, 1964) was an American film director. Life and career Seiter was born in New York City. After attending Hudson River Military Academy, Seiter broke into films in 1915 as a bit player at Mack Senne ...

and starred

Dorothy Mackaill Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a British-American actress, most active during the silent-film era and into the pre-Code era of the early 1930s. Early life Born in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull in 1903 (although she l ...

and

Jack Mulhall John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years. Early years Mu ...

, then a popular duo under the First National banner.

Cast

as Peggy Ann Andrews *

as Jack Dowling *James Bradbury Sr. as Peter Seastrom *Knute Erickson as Captain John Andrews *Ben Hendricks Jr. as Oilcan Olson *William Bailey as Brute Mullin *Pat Harmon as Oiler

Preservation status

The new Library of Congress database shows a print surviving complete at

Cineteca Italiana Cineteca Italiana is a private film archive located in Milan, Italy, established in 1947, and as a foundation in 1996. History Established in 1947, and as a foundation in 1996, the Cineteca Italiana houses over 20,000 films and more than 100,000 p ...

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Waterfront''
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* * 1928 films American silent feature films Films directed by William A. Seiter First National Pictures films 1928 comedy-drama films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub