Min and Bill

George W. Hill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1930. Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, and Dorothy Jordan in the leads. Hill and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery. Adapted by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson from Lorna Moon's 1929 novel Dark Star, the film tells the story of dockside innkeeper Min's tribulations as she tries to protect the innocence of her adopted daughter, Nancy, while loving and fighting with boozy fisherman Bill, who resides at the inn. US 1929/30 title; renewal not checked title-by-title. About 66 minutes; Wikimedia Commons print.