"DOCKS OF NEW YORK”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 602, 2 March 1929, Page 16

"DOCKS OF NEW YORK”

COMING TO PLAZA AND TIVOLI One of the most unique wedding ceremonies ever staged is featured in “The Docks of New York,” George Bancroft's latest Paramount starring picture, to be shown at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres on Maxell T. George Bancroft portrays the role of a hard-boiled, rough, ship stoker. He arrives in New York and with his paJ. Clyde Cook, decides to “burn up the town” during their 4S hours on shore leave. They go to the Sand Bar, a sailor's and longshoremens cabaret located along the New York waterfront. While en route to the palace of entertainment. he saves Betty Compson from drowning. She had attempted suicide. A romance springs up between the two. with Bancroft halfheartedly resolving to marry her. She believes him sincere. Hymn Book Harr'* portrayed by Gustav von Seyffertitz, is called upon to officiate at the ceremony*. He gains a promise from the couple to obtain a licence the next day. The ceremony is greeted by cheers from the other merrymakers. The altar is one of beer kegs with a dozen women as bridesmaids. The third engineer acts as best man. and the ring is the rubber stopper of a beer bottle! Bancroft deserts his bride the next day. but how he is made to realise that he is really* in love with her. and what he does to regain her love, serves to put to the screen one crT the most interesting stories ever filmed. The story* is an original one by John Monk Saunders, author of “Wings' and “The Legion of tbe Condemned "