The Wharf Angel (1934)
- Starring:
- Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Dell, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Cameron Menzies, George Somnes, (more
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Adapted from an earlier European film, Wharf Angel stars Dorothy Dell as Toy, a golden-hearted prostitute stranded in San Francisco. Toy finds hope for redemption when she falls in love with Como (Preston S. Foster), a sailor on the lam from a murder charge. In Madame Butterfly fashion, the heroine promises to wait for Como until he is able to clear himself. The fly in the ointment is Como's buddy Turk (Victor McLaglen), who has known Toy (in the Biblical sense) for several years. An inexpensive but fairly credible reconstruction of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (courtesy of legendary art director William Cameron Menzies) caps this intriguing little romantic melodrama. Alas, leading lady Dorothy Dell was killed in a car crash after appearing in only three films. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Victor McLaglen - Turk
- Preston S. Foster - Como
- Miami Alvarez
- Charles Brinley
- A.S. Byron
- Alfred Delcambre - Steve
- Al Hill
- David Landau - Moore
- Russell Powell
- John Rogers - Goliath
- Fredrik Vogeding
- Don Wilson - Slim
- Florence Dudley
- Marie Green
- Dorothy Dell - Toy
- Alison Skipworth - Mother Bright
- Mischa Auer - Sadik
- James Burke - Brooklyn Jack
- Jack Cheatham
- Jill Dennett
- Alice Lake
- Ivan Linow
- Frank Rice
- Frank Sheridan - The Skipper
- Max Wagner
- Joe Sawyer
- Charles McAvoy
- Director(s):
- William Cameron Menzies, George Somnes
- Writer(s):
- Frank Partos, Samuel Hoffenstein, Stephen Morehouse Avery
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