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Waterfront is a american film of genre Comedy-drama directed by William A. Seiter released in USA on 16 september 1928 with Dorothy Mackaill
Waterfront (1928)
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Add to a movie listWaterfront is a 1928 silent film released with sound effects and music, produced and released by First National Pictures. The film was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall, then a popular duo under the First National banner.
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Dorothy Mackaill
(Peggy Ann Andrews)
Jack Mulhall
(Jack Dowling)
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