I Cover the Waterfront

May 19, 1933

1h 15m

★ 4.8

She Married Him for BETTER or for WORSE...MOSTLY WORSE!

Overview

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Edward Small Productions

Joseph M. Schenck Productions

Reliance Pictures

United Artists

Astor Pictures Corporation

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Cast

H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller

Ben Lyon

Julie Kirk

Claudette Colbert

Eli Kirk (Julie's father)

Ernest Torrence

One Punch McCoy

Hobart Cavanaugh

Ortegus

Maurice Black

John Phelps

Purnell Pratt

Old Chris

Harry Beresford

Randall

Wilfred Lucas

Mother Morgan

Claudia Coleman

Gossip with Telescope

Lillian Harmer

Tony Silva

George Humbert

Mrs. Silva

Rosita Marstini

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5.7

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In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.

6.3

One Year Later

Aug 24, 1933

A man is convicted of killing his boss, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. On board the train taking him to prison for his execution are a reporter, who is dying of lung cancer and wants to interview the condemned man--and who also has some inside knowledge of the circumstances of the man's case. Also aboard is the prisoner's wife, who doesn't believe her husband is a killer and desperately wants to talk to him about it but he refuses to speak to her.

4.7

Golden Dawn

Jun 14, 1930

Dawn, a young white girl who has been kidnapped in infancy and reared by Mooda, an African woman who operates a canteen in the German cantonment, meets and falls in love with Tom Allen, an English rubber planter who is a prisoner of war. Shep Keyes, who has joined the German troops, covets her but realizes he cannot possess her because she is betrothed to the tribal god, Mulunghu. On the eve of the ceremony, he learns of her love for Tom. Tom, meanwhile, is sent back to England, and when the English take the territory from the Germans, Shep tries to incite the natives, who are experiencing a drought, against Dawn because of her love of a mortal. Tom learns from Mooda that Dawn was stolen from a white trader and finds her seeking refuge in a convent. Shep arouses the natives, but Dawn declares her faith in the white man's God, and a thunderstorm brings relief to the parched land, after which Tom claims her for his bride.

5.1

Strictly Dishonorable

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A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, a man of experience.

5.1

Jungle Bride

Jan 9, 1933

Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man she believes is responsible for the murder which her brother is in prison for.

6.2

Gambling Lady

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A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?

5.0

The Nuisance

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5.3

The Common Law

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When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?

6.0

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Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.

8.3

Fast Life

Dec 16, 1932

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5.8

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6.3

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5.8

Hello, Sister!

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5.0

The Bowery

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6.0

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An able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.

6.1

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