The Port of Missing Girls (1928 film)
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The Port of Missing Girls is a 1928 silent
film directed by Irving Cummings
. It stars Barbara Bedford and Hedda Hopper
making it one of the rare occasions Hopper actually starred in a film. This film is not to be confused with the 1938 talkie of a similar name, Port of Missing Girls. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress
.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film directed by Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings , born Irving Camisky in New York City, New York was an American movie actor, director, producer and writer....
. It stars Barbara Bedford and Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper was an American actress and gossip columnist, whose long-running feud with friend turned arch-rival Louella Parsons became at least as notorious as many of Hopper's columns.-Early life:...
making it one of the rare occasions Hopper actually starred in a film. This film is not to be confused with the 1938 talkie of a similar name, Port of Missing Girls. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
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Cast
- Barbara Bedford - Ruth King
- Malcolm McGregorMalcolm McGregorMalcolm McGregor was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 55 films between 1922 and 1936. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Hollywood, California....
- Buddie Larkins - Natalie Kingston - Catherine King
- Hedda HopperHedda HopperHedda Hopper was an American actress and gossip columnist, whose long-running feud with friend turned arch-rival Louella Parsons became at least as notorious as many of Hopper's columns.-Early life:...
- Mrs. C. King - George IrvingGeorge Irving (American actor)George Henry Irving was an American film actor and director who made over 200 films in his lifetime. Some of his best known movies were Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Hearts Divided, A Night at the Opera, Son of Dracula, Hangmen Also Die!, Once Upon a Honeymoon, and Maid's Night Out.-Death:Irving...
- Cyrus King - Wyndham StandingWyndham StandingWyndham Standing was an English film actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1915 and 1948. A popular and much beloved leading man in the silent film era, he starred and costarred along many famous names of the day, both men and women. He and Ronald Colman were the stars of the now lost classic...
- Mayor McKibben - Charles K. GerrardCharles K. GerrardCharles K. Gerrard , also known as Charles Kavanagh, was an Irish motion-picture actor, and the elder brother of actor and film director Douglas Gerrard.-Filmography:* The Plow Girl...
- DeLeon (billed as Charles Gerrard) - Paul Nicholson - George Hamilton
- Edith YorkeEdith YorkeEdith Yorke was an English actress of the silent era. She appeared in 65 films between 1919 and 1933.She was born in Derby, England under the name Edith Murgatroyd,and the family later moved to Croydon near London but Edith left a more comfortable life behind to return to Derby, where she taught...
- Mrs. Blane - Bodil RosingBodil RosingBodil Rosing was a Danish born American film actress in the silent and sound eras. She made one or two stage appearances on Broadway but in the meantime raised four chidren.-Filmography:* Pretty Ladies...
- Elsa - Rosemary ThebyRosemary ThebyRosemary Theby was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940.-Early life and career:Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Theby studied at Sargent's School in New York...
- School Matron - Lotus ThompsonLotus ThompsonLotus Thompson was an Australian actress of silent and sound films. She was born in Sydney on 22 August 1906. Her film career began in 1921 and ended in 1949...
- Anne - Amber Norman - Marjorie