The Port of Missing Girls

Not to be confused with the 1938 film Port of Missing Girls.

The Port of Missing Girls
Directed by	Irving Cummings
Produced by	Brenda Pictures Corporation
Written by	Howard Estabrook (story & scenario) Viola Brothers Shore (intertitles)
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
Release dates	March 1928
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.

Cast

• Barbara Bedford - Ruth King
• Malcolm McGregor - Buddie Larkins
• Natalie Kingston - Catherine King
• Hedda Hopper - Mrs. C. King
• George Irving - Cyrus King
• Wyndham Standing - Mayor McKibben
• Charles K. Gerrard - DeLeon (billed as Charles Gerrard)
• Paul Nicholson - George Hamilton
• Edith Yorke - Mrs. Blane
• Bodil Rosing - Elsa
• Rosemary Theby - School Matron
• Lotus Thompson - Anne
• Amber Norman - Marjorie

Reception

In the 31 July 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.

External links

• The Port of Missing Girls at IMDb.com
• allmovie/synopsis (*note: lobby poster displayed is to the 1938 film)
• Lobby card for The Port of Missing Girls 1928
• Lobby poster