The Port of Missing Girls

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 July 31, 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.