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| The Port of Missing Girls | |
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Written by | Howard Estabrook (story & scenario) Viola Brothers Shore (intertitles) |
| Produced by | Brenda Pictures Corporation |
| Starring | Barbara Bedford Hedda Hopper Malcolm McGregor |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | George Nichols Jr. |
| Distributed by | Brenda Pictures Corporation and or Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 8 reels; (7,250 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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 preserved in the Library of Congress. [1] [2] [3]
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In the July 31, 1928 issue of the New York Daily News , the newspaper's film critic Irene Thirer began grading movies on a scale of zero to three stars. Three stars meant 'excellent,' two 'good,' and one star meant 'mediocre.' And no stars at all 'means the picture's right bad,'" wrote Thirer. The Port of Missing Girls received one star; Carl Bialik speculates that this may have been the first time a film critic used a star-rating system to grade movies. [4]
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