"The Docks of New York," 1928 silent film, to be screened April 4, 2014

Film will be presented with live piano accompaniment

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Still from 1928 film "The Docks of New York"

ALBANY, NY (03/13/2014)(readMedia)-- The silent film THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (United States, 1928, 76 minutes, b/w, silent with live piano accompaniment by Mike Schiffer, directed by Josef von Sternberg) will be shown on Friday, April 4, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute as part of its Classic Film Series, the screening is free and open to the public.

In this 1928 silent masterpiece directed by Josef von Sternberg, a steamboat stocker working on the New York City waterfront saves a suicidal woman who has jumped off a pier into the briny water below. The selfless act changes his life forever. The film stars George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova.

For additional information contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

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