# The Docks of New York

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Sunday, November 1 at 11:30 AM – Music Box Theatre – 3733 N Southport Ave Tickets: $14 at the door or purchase in advance THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK Directed by Josef von Sternberg • 1928 “You left all that slush in the river, baby. All you need is a good time.” If only life were so simple! Bill Roberts (the strapping George Bancroft) works as a lowly coal stoker on cargo ships, but once he’s back in port, he’s a brawler, a charming, Bluto-like libertine who takes what he wants from whomever he wants — until he happens upon the drowning, suicidal prostitute Mae (Betty Compson), resc

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