A Ship Comes In (1928)

Nominated for 1 Academy Award:

Best Actress

Louise Dresser

It won 0 Oscars out of a total of 1 nomination in 1927-28.


A Ship Comes In is about a family of immigrants coming to the United States in search of opportunity.  The father, a patriotic man, quickly finds a job as a janitor and is eager to obtain citizenship.  While his son joins the service out of love for country, the father's freedom becomes jeopardized when he is framed by a saboteur.

Copies of the film have been known to have circulated through Grapevine Video, a company that specializes in locating and restoring rare films.

Editorial:

Backtracking.  This hard-to-find film has now been reviewed after being put on hold.

Little is known about this movie, and furthermore there is not a lot to say.  It was interesting, but my biggest complaint is that I am not really sure what the message was supposed to be.  Perhaps if I had more context, or knowledge about immigration at the time, I might understand it a lot better.

Score  |  02/10  |  This motion picture is not worth watching.