East Side, West Side (1927 film)

East Side, West Side is a 1927 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring George O'Brien (in the same year that he played the lead in F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans), Virginia Valli, and June Collyer. The supporting cast includes J. Farrell MacDonald and Holmes Herbert. The epic film was shot extensively on various locations in New York City and includes a sinking ship loosely based upon the RMS Titanic.^[1]

East Side, West Side
Lobby card
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Allan Dwan (scenario)
Based on	East Side, West Side 1927 novel by Felix Riesenberg
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	George O'Brien Virginia Valli
Cinematography	George Webber
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	October 9, 1927 (1927-10-09)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The film is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.^[2]

The film, public domain

The film was remade in 1931 as Skyline with Thomas Meighan and Hardie Albright.

Plot

Cast

• George O'Brien as John Breen
• Virginia Valli as Becka Lipvitch
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Pug Malone
• Dore Davidson as Channon Lipvitch
• Sonia Nodell as Mrs. Lipvitch (credited as Sonia Nodalsky)
• June Collyer as Josephine
• John Miltern as Gerrit Rantoul
• Holmes Herbert as Gilbert Van Horn
• Frank Dodge as Judge Kelly
• Dan Wolheim as Grogan
• Johnny Dooley as Grogan gang member
• John Kearney as Policeman
• Edward Garvey as Second
• Frank Allworth as Flash
• William Frederic as Breen
• Jack La Rue as dining extra (uncredited)