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''The Docks of New York'' is a 1928 [[ThePreCodeEra [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring Creator/GeorgeBancroft, Creator/BettyCompson Betty Compson and Creator/OlgaBaclanova.Olga Baclanova.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Both Andy and Lou. He comes to the Sandbar looking for a hook-up, and finds her dancing and kissing with a stranger. Awkwardness ensues.
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During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites her to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
In the morning he dismisses the marriage as a joke and goes off to the sea. However, as the ship departs, he realizes what he has done, changes his mind, jumps into the sea and swims back to the shore. He finds Mae at the court, being tried for stealing the clothes. He storms inside, saying he's her husband, and confesses, so the judge sentences him to 60 days in jail. He tells his wife this isn't a long "cruise", and it's going to be his last if she waits for him. She promises to wait forever.
In the morning he dismisses the marriage as a joke and goes off to the sea. However, as the ship departs, he realizes what he has done, changes his mind, jumps into the sea and swims back to the shore. He finds Mae at the court, being tried for stealing the clothes. He storms inside, saying he's her husband, and confesses, so the judge sentences him to 60 days in jail. He tells his wife this isn't a long "cruise", and it's going to be his last if she waits for him. She promises to wait forever.
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During a one-night shore leave a in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites her to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
In the morning he dismisses the marriage as a joke and goes off tothe sea. However, as the ship departs, he realizes what he has done, changes his mind, jumps into the sea and swims back to the shore. He finds Mae at the court, being tried for stealing the clothes. He storms inside, saying he's her husband, and confesses, so the judge sentences him to 60 days in jail. He tells his wife this isn't a long "cruise", and it's going to be his last if she waits for him. She promises to wait forever.
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* BetaCouple: Andy, Third Engineer on Bill's ship, and his wife Lou (played by Olga Baclanova). While the story's main focus is the marriage of Mae and Bill, we also witness the conclusion of their [[TheMasochismTango less than happy marriage]], ending with [[spoiler: Lou shooting Andy during his attempt to rape Mae, and surrendering to police]].
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* BetaCouple: Andy, Third Engineer on Bill's ship, and his wife Lou (played by Olga Baclanova). While the story's main focus is the marriage of Mae and Bill, we also witness the conclusion of their [[TheMasochismTango less than happy marriage]], ending with [[spoiler: Lou shooting Andy during [[AttemptedRape his attempt to rape Mae, Mae]], and surrendering to police]].
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* CityOfAdventure: In the opening narration: "The waterfront of New York - the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles of docks wait day and night for strange cargo - and stranger men".
* TheCynic: More or less everyone, but especially Andy, as lampshaded by one of the stockers: "He's the most even-tempered guy I ever knew - always sore!".
* TheCynic: More or less everyone, but especially Andy, as lampshaded by one of the stockers: "He's the most even-tempered guy I ever knew - always sore!".
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* CityOfAdventure: In Described in the opening narration: "The OpeningNarration
-->The waterfront of New York- -- the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles of docks wait day and night for strange cargo - -- and stranger men".
men.
* TheCynic: More or less everyone, but especially Andy, as lampshaded by one of the stockers: "He's the most even-tempered guy I ever knew- -- always sore!".
-->The waterfront of New York
* TheCynic: More or less everyone, but especially Andy, as lampshaded by one of the stockers: "He's the most even-tempered guy I ever knew
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* FetchQuest: After saving Mae, Bill leaves her with Lou. She promptly kicks him out of the room, first sending him to bring Mae a hot drink (from the bar where he's not welcome), then to find her new clothes (which he eventually steals breaking into a closed shop). Both quests are shown in detail, perfectly characterising Bill as a tough and reckless, but not overly violent man.
* HappilyEverAfter: Averted. After Bill returns to Mae, they have a brief dialogue, after which he is taken away, and she stays in the courtroom, with camera tracking away until she disappears from view. That's it. The movie leaves it to the audience to decide whether there's going to be a happy ending after all.
* HappilyEverAfter: Averted. After Bill returns to Mae, they have a brief dialogue, after which he is taken away, and she stays in the courtroom, with camera tracking away until she disappears from view. That's it. The movie leaves it to the audience to decide whether there's going to be a happy ending after all.
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* FetchQuest: After saving Mae, Bill leaves her with Lou. She promptly kicks him out of the room, first sending him to bring Mae a hot drink (from the bar where he's not welcome), then to find her new clothes (which he eventually steals steals, breaking into a closed shop). Both quests are shown in detail, perfectly characterising Bill as a tough and reckless, but not overly violent man. \n* HappilyEverAfter: Averted. After Bill returns to Mae, they have a brief dialogue, after which he is taken away, and she stays in the courtroom, with camera tracking away until she disappears from view. That's it. The movie leaves it to the audience to decide whether there's going to be a happy ending after all.
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* HateSink: Andy. He's not an antagonist, creating no obstacles for the main characters, but he's a major jerk who has ruined Lou's life, picks on Bill and later [[spoiler: attempts to rape Mae]].
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* HateSink: Andy. He's not an antagonist, creating no obstacles for the main characters, but he's a major jerk {{Jerkass}} who has ruined Lou's life, picks on Bill and later [[spoiler: attempts to rape Mae]].
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* NoAntagonist: Nobody is opposing the main characters, the main conflict develops within Bill.
* NostalgiaFilter: Played straight in the opening scenes, first praising coal engines ("These were the days before oil fuel made stocking a lady's job -- when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust") and than regretting the Sandbar saloon ("vanished now - wiped out by commerce and reform. But that night it was wide awake and roaring"). Deconstructed later, when we see what a hellhole the Sandbar is.
* NostalgiaFilter: Played straight in the opening scenes, first praising coal engines ("These were the days before oil fuel made stocking a lady's job -- when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust") and than regretting the Sandbar saloon ("vanished now - wiped out by commerce and reform. But that night it was wide awake and roaring"). Deconstructed later, when we see what a hellhole the Sandbar is.
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* NoAntagonist: Nobody is opposing the main characters, characters; the main conflict develops within Bill.
* NostalgiaFilter: Played straight in the opening scenes, first praising coal engines ("These were the days before oil fuel made stocking a lady's job -- when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust") and than regretting the Sandbar saloon ("vanished now- -- wiped out by commerce and reform. But that night it was wide awake and roaring"). Deconstructed [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] later, when we see what a hellhole the Sandbar is.
* NostalgiaFilter: Played straight in the opening scenes, first praising coal engines ("These were the days before oil fuel made stocking a lady's job -- when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust") and than regretting the Sandbar saloon ("vanished now
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* SinisterMinister: Subverted. "Hymn Book" Harry who is invited to marry Mae and Bill is introduced as a creepy dark figure, but turns out to be a GoodShepherd, disgusted by this travesty of a marriage, but reluctantly performing it.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Discussed and subverted during Andy and Bill's dialogue over breakfast. Andy suggests that Bill doesn't remember he got married last night. Bill remembers everything, just doesn't take it seriously.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Discussed and subverted during Andy and Bill's dialogue over breakfast. Andy suggests that Bill doesn't remember he got married last night. Bill remembers everything, just doesn't take it seriously.
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* SinisterMinister: Subverted. "Hymn Book" Harry Harry, who is invited to marry Mae and Bill Bill, is introduced as a dark and creepy dark figure, but turns out to be a GoodShepherd, disgusted by this travesty of a marriage, but reluctantly performing it.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Discussed and subverted during Andy and Bill's dialogue over breakfast. Andy suggests that Bill doesn't remember he got married last night. Bill rememberseverything, everything; he just doesn't take it seriously.seriously.
* WhatNowEnding: After Bill returns to Mae, they have a brief dialogue, after which he is taken away, and she stays in the courtroom, with camera tracking away until she disappears from view. That's it. The movie leaves it to the audience to decide whether there's going to be a HappyEnding after all.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Discussed and subverted during Andy and Bill's dialogue over breakfast. Andy suggests that Bill doesn't remember he got married last night. Bill remembers
* WhatNowEnding: After Bill returns to Mae, they have a brief dialogue, after which he is taken away, and she stays in the courtroom, with camera tracking away until she disappears from view. That's it. The movie leaves it to the audience to decide whether there's going to be a HappyEnding after all.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Both Andy and Lou. He comes to the Sandbar looking for a hook-up, and finds her dancing and kissing with a stranger. Awkwardness ensues.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Both Andy and Lou. He comes to the Sandbar looking for a hook-up, and finds her dancing and kissing with a stranger. Awkwardness ensues.ensues.
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''The Docks of New York'' is a 1928 [[ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson Creator/GeorgeBancroft, Creator/BettyCompson and Olga Baclanova.Creator/OlgaBaclanova.
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''The Docks of New York'' is a 1928 [[ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova. During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves a young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
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''The Docks of New York'' is a 1928 [[ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova.
During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) savesa young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites her to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves
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* TheMasochismTango: Lou and Andy.
* ThePianoPlayer: Not present as a human character, but there are several close-ups of a playing autopiano at the Sandbar bar.
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* TheMasochismTango: Lou and Andy.
* ThePianoPlayer: Not present as a human character, but there are several close-ups of a playing autopiano at the Sandbar bar.
* ThePianoPlayer: Not present as a human character, but there are several close-ups of a playing autopiano at the Sandbar bar.
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The Docks of New York is a 1928 [[ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova. During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves a young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
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* BigDamnKiss: Notably averted. The movie freely depicts sexuality, but the couple shares surprisingly little intimacy on screen. See also HappilyEverAfter.
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* HappilyEverAfter: Averted. After Bill returns to Mae, they have a brief dialogue, after which he is taken away, and she stays in the courtroom, with camera tracking away until she disappears from view. That's it. The movie leaves it to the audience to decide whether there's going to be a happy ending after all.
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* HopeSpot: Mae believes Bill, telling him she would be a good wife. The worse she feels in the mourning, realizing that he never intended to stay with her.
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* HopeSpot: Mae believes Bill, telling him she would be a good wife. The worse she feels in the mourning, morning, realizing that he never intended to stay with her.
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* CityOfAdventure: In the opening narration: "The waterfront of New York - the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles off docks wait day and night for strange cargo - and stranger men".
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* CityOfAdventure: In the opening narration: "The waterfront of New York - the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles off of docks wait day and night for strange cargo - and stranger men".
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* BarBrawl: Averted. There are several minor fights in the Sandbar, but every time they are quenched before things become too ugly.
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* BarBrawl: Averted.Subverted. There are several minor fights in the Sandbar, but every time they are quenched before things become too ugly.
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The Docks of New York is a 1928 silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova. During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves a young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
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The Docks of New York is a 1928 [[ThePreCodeEra Pre-Code]] silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova. During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves a young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
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[[caption-width-right:285:''The waterfront of New York - the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles off docks wait day and night for strange cargo - and stranger men.'']]
The Docks of New York is a 1928 silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova. During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves a young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
In the morning he dismisses the marriage as a joke and goes off to the sea. However, as the ship departs, he realizes what he has done, changes his mind, jumps into the sea and swims back to the shore. He finds Mae at the court, being tried for stealing the clothes. He storms inside, saying he's her husband, and confesses, so the judge sentences him to 60 days in jail. He tells his wife this isn't a long "cruise", and it's going to be his last if she waits for him. She promises to wait forever.
In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry.
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!!''The Docks of New York'' provides examples of the following tropes::
* BarBrawl: Averted. There are several minor fights in the Sandbar, but every time they are quenched before things become too ugly.
* BathroomStallGraffiti: On the walls of the ship's engine room.
* BetaCouple: Andy, Third Engineer on Bill's ship, and his wife Lou (played by Olga Baclanova). While the story's main focus is the marriage of Mae and Bill, we also witness the conclusion of their [[TheMasochismTango less than happy marriage]], ending with [[spoiler: Lou shooting Andy during his attempt to rape Mae, and surrendering to police]].
* CityOfAdventure: In the opening narration: "The waterfront of New York - the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles off docks wait day and night for strange cargo - and stranger men".
* TheCynic: More or less everyone, but especially Andy, as lampshaded by one of the stockers: "He's the most even-tempered guy I ever knew - always sore!".
* DeathByWomanScorned: [[spoiler: Lou kills Andy]].
* DysfunctionJunction: Made especially clear during Bill and Mae's dialogue at the bar, when they both reveal they have never been married because nobody would marry such a person.
* DrivenToSuicide: After Bill leaves Mae we see her overlaid with a transparent image of waves - she's clearly thinking of a new suicide attempt.
* EmbarrassingTattoo: Bill's arms are covered with tattoos depicting naked women and female names.
* EscalatingBrawl: Averted several times in the Sandbar.
* FetchQuest: After saving Mae, Bill leaves her with Lou. She promptly kicks him out of the room, first sending him to bring Mae a hot drink (from the bar where he's not welcome), then to find her new clothes (which he eventually steals breaking into a closed shop). Both quests are shown in detail, perfectly characterising Bill as a tough and reckless, but not overly violent man.
* HardWorkMontage: An UrExample: the film begins with a montage showing stokers working hard in the hellish engine room.
* HateSink: Andy. He's not an antagonist, creating no obstacles for the main characters, but he's a major jerk who has ruined Lou's life, picks on Bill and later [[spoiler: attempts to rape Mae]].
* HopeSpot: Mae believes Bill, telling him she would be a good wife. The worse she feels in the mourning, realizing that he never intended to stay with her.
* InterruptedSuicide: Bill saves Mae from drowning, and that's how they meet.
* IntroductionByHookup: This is what happens from Bill's point of view. Mae takes their meeting seriously.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bill, eventually.
* NoAntagonist: Nobody is opposing the main characters, the main conflict develops within Bill.
* NostalgiaFilter: Played straight in the opening scenes, first praising coal engines ("These were the days before oil fuel made stocking a lady's job -- when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust") and than regretting the Sandbar saloon ("vanished now - wiped out by commerce and reform. But that night it was wide awake and roaring"). Deconstructed later, when we see what a hellhole the Sandbar is.
* NotSoSafeHarbor: The titular docks of New York.
* SinisterMinister: Subverted. "Hymn Book" Harry who is invited to marry Mae and Bill is introduced as a creepy dark figure, but turns out to be a GoodShepherd, disgusted by this travesty of a marriage, but reluctantly performing it.
* TheMasochismTango: Lou and Andy.
* ThePianoPlayer: Not present as a human character, but there are several close-ups of a playing autopiano at the Sandbar bar.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Discussed and subverted during Andy and Bill's dialogue over breakfast. Andy suggests that Bill doesn't remember he got married last night. Bill remembers everything, just doesn't take it seriously.
* WretchedHive: The docks, particularly the Sandbar saloon.
* YourCheatingHeart: Both Andy and Lou. He comes to the Sandbar looking for a hook-up, and finds her dancing and kissing with a stranger. Awkwardness ensues.
[[caption-width-right:285:''The waterfront of New York - the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles off docks wait day and night for strange cargo - and stranger men.'']]
The Docks of New York is a 1928 silent drama directed by Creator/JosefVonSternberg, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova. During a one-night shore leave a ship stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) saves a young prostitute Mae (Betty Compson) from a suicide attempt. He steals some clothes for her and invites to the [[WretchedHive Sandbar saloon]] to have some fun. In a fit of drunken bravado he summons a minister and marries her.
In the morning he dismisses the marriage as a joke and goes off to the sea. However, as the ship departs, he realizes what he has done, changes his mind, jumps into the sea and swims back to the shore. He finds Mae at the court, being tried for stealing the clothes. He storms inside, saying he's her husband, and confesses, so the judge sentences him to 60 days in jail. He tells his wife this isn't a long "cruise", and it's going to be his last if she waits for him. She promises to wait forever.
In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry.
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!!''The Docks of New York'' provides examples of the following tropes::
* BarBrawl: Averted. There are several minor fights in the Sandbar, but every time they are quenched before things become too ugly.
* BathroomStallGraffiti: On the walls of the ship's engine room.
* BetaCouple: Andy, Third Engineer on Bill's ship, and his wife Lou (played by Olga Baclanova). While the story's main focus is the marriage of Mae and Bill, we also witness the conclusion of their [[TheMasochismTango less than happy marriage]], ending with [[spoiler: Lou shooting Andy during his attempt to rape Mae, and surrendering to police]].
* CityOfAdventure: In the opening narration: "The waterfront of New York - the end of many journeys, the beginning of many adventures. Miles off docks wait day and night for strange cargo - and stranger men".
* TheCynic: More or less everyone, but especially Andy, as lampshaded by one of the stockers: "He's the most even-tempered guy I ever knew - always sore!".
* DeathByWomanScorned: [[spoiler: Lou kills Andy]].
* DysfunctionJunction: Made especially clear during Bill and Mae's dialogue at the bar, when they both reveal they have never been married because nobody would marry such a person.
* DrivenToSuicide: After Bill leaves Mae we see her overlaid with a transparent image of waves - she's clearly thinking of a new suicide attempt.
* EmbarrassingTattoo: Bill's arms are covered with tattoos depicting naked women and female names.
* EscalatingBrawl: Averted several times in the Sandbar.
* FetchQuest: After saving Mae, Bill leaves her with Lou. She promptly kicks him out of the room, first sending him to bring Mae a hot drink (from the bar where he's not welcome), then to find her new clothes (which he eventually steals breaking into a closed shop). Both quests are shown in detail, perfectly characterising Bill as a tough and reckless, but not overly violent man.
* HardWorkMontage: An UrExample: the film begins with a montage showing stokers working hard in the hellish engine room.
* HateSink: Andy. He's not an antagonist, creating no obstacles for the main characters, but he's a major jerk who has ruined Lou's life, picks on Bill and later [[spoiler: attempts to rape Mae]].
* HopeSpot: Mae believes Bill, telling him she would be a good wife. The worse she feels in the mourning, realizing that he never intended to stay with her.
* InterruptedSuicide: Bill saves Mae from drowning, and that's how they meet.
* IntroductionByHookup: This is what happens from Bill's point of view. Mae takes their meeting seriously.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bill, eventually.
* NoAntagonist: Nobody is opposing the main characters, the main conflict develops within Bill.
* NostalgiaFilter: Played straight in the opening scenes, first praising coal engines ("These were the days before oil fuel made stocking a lady's job -- when stokers earned their pay in sweat and coal-dust") and than regretting the Sandbar saloon ("vanished now - wiped out by commerce and reform. But that night it was wide awake and roaring"). Deconstructed later, when we see what a hellhole the Sandbar is.
* NotSoSafeHarbor: The titular docks of New York.
* SinisterMinister: Subverted. "Hymn Book" Harry who is invited to marry Mae and Bill is introduced as a creepy dark figure, but turns out to be a GoodShepherd, disgusted by this travesty of a marriage, but reluctantly performing it.
* TheMasochismTango: Lou and Andy.
* ThePianoPlayer: Not present as a human character, but there are several close-ups of a playing autopiano at the Sandbar bar.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Discussed and subverted during Andy and Bill's dialogue over breakfast. Andy suggests that Bill doesn't remember he got married last night. Bill remembers everything, just doesn't take it seriously.
* WretchedHive: The docks, particularly the Sandbar saloon.
* YourCheatingHeart: Both Andy and Lou. He comes to the Sandbar looking for a hook-up, and finds her dancing and kissing with a stranger. Awkwardness ensues.
