Greatest gangster films collection, Prohibition era

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Label

Greatest gangster films collection, Prohibition era

Title part

Prohibition era

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures

Title variation

• Prohibition era
• TCM Turner classic movies Greatest gangster films collection

Contributor

• Lane, Priscilla, 1917-1995
• LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987
• Lynn, Jeffrey, 1909-1995
• Macaulay, Richard, 1909-1969
• McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981
• Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973
• Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966
• Thew, Harvey
• Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962
• Walsh, Raoul, 1887-1980
• Wellman, William A., 1896-1975
• Woods, Edward, 1905-1989
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Blondell, Joan
• Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957
• Bright, John, 1908 Jan. 1-1989
• Burnett, W. R., (William Riley), 1899-1982
• Cagney, James, 1899-1986
• Fairbanks, Douglas, 1909-2000
• Faragoh, Francis Edwards
• George, Gladys, 1904-1954
• Glasmon, Kubec
• Green, Alfred E., 1889-1960
• Harlow, Jean, 1911-1937
• Hellinger, Mark, 1903-1947
• Kelly, Paul, 1899-1956

Subject

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Gambling -- Drama
• Gangster films
• Feature films
• Gangsters -- Drama
• Prohibition -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Gangster films
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

• The public enemy: A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war--www.imdb.com
• The roaring twenties: After the WWI Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere--www.imdb.com
• Little Caesar: Rico joins Sam Vettori's gang. He replaces Sam as leader, pushes rival gang leader Arnie Lorch out of town, then goes after the job of next-higher-up Pete Montana. He accepts when "Big Boy" offers him that prize but his sights are set higher still. They are also cast on his best friend Joe's girl Olga--www.imdb.com
• Smart money: Immigrant Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel--www.imdb.com

Related

• Little Caesar
• Public enemy
• Roaring twenties
• Smart money

Member of

• Turner classic movies

Cataloging source

EYP

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• The public enemy: story by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright ; screen adaptation by Harvey Thew ; directed by William A Wellman
• The roaring twenties: screenplay by Jerry Wald, Richard Macauley and Robert Rossen ; from an original story by Mark Hellinger ; directed by Raoul Walsh
• Little Caesar: novel by W.R. Burnett ; screen adaptation by Francis Edwards Faragoh ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy
• Smart money: The Vitaphone Corp. ; screen story & dialogue by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson ; directed by Alfred E. Green

Dewey number

791.43/75

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

• English dialogue; subtitles in English, French, or Spanish (except Smart Money)
• Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing

PerformerNote

• The public enemy: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell
• The roaring twenties: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly
• Little Caesar: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr
• Smart money: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney

Runtime

349

Technique

live action