#BehindTheScenes
#ThePublicEnemy (1931)
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

Filming a car in motion.

JAMES CAGNEY 4-FILM COLLECTION New on Blu-ray Warner Archive's 4-film JAMES CAGNEY COLLECTION is now available on Blu-ray

Warner Archive's 4-film JAMES CAGNEY COLLECTION is now available on Blu-ray

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It's #GatSaturday - me, @donny222.bsky.social and @curiodik1dik2.bsky.social working through #LittleCaesar (1931), #ThePublicEnemy (1931) and #Scarface (1932).

Tommy Guns, pineapples, speakeasies, incest, murder and booze all in their pre-Code glory.

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William Wellman, Jr.: “Directors like my father brought their life experiences to the screen” Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of studio mogul Louis B. Mayer and wife of independent Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, once described film director William Wellman (1896-1975) as a ‘shoot-up-t…

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There are some seriously classy Pre-Code movie libations in here. Can't wait to get stuck in this summer.

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Jean with that odd speech coach accent.. not anything like an American. Still love her tho #ThePublicEnemy #TCMParty

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All right! The Gangster Dial has been turned up to 11.

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"In other movies of the era, gangsters used PINEAPPLES (grenades) as weapons but here Cagney uses a GRAPEFRUIT."

- My proposed submission to IMDb trivia for #ThePublicEnemy (1931).

Three on a Match (1932) ⭐ 7.1 | Crime, Drama, Romance 1h 3m | Passed

"Somehow, the things that make other people happy leave me cold..."

Three women who knew each other at school reunite in a really randomly-plotted Pre-Coder from the writers of #ThePublicEnemy that I suspect they telephoned in for much-needed dollars.

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I want her to smack Tom upside the head:
"I didn't raise you to become THIS!!"

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JFC. Is Ma Powers that clueless or what? #ThePublicEnemy #TCMParty

Ooh #ThePublicEnemy is on TCM. A really tough, gritty, violent and shocking pre-code the likes of which only Warners could make. Look out for the gay tailors! “Ooh! Such a muscle!” #TCMParty

Murders man off camera. Walks into frame. "Guess I better call Gwen." Walks trough door. "She oughta be home by now." #TCMParty #ThePublicEnemy

Jean Harlow and James Cagney on screen together, charisma meter broken. #TCMParty #ThePublicEnemy

James Cagney had an absurd amount of charisma. #TCMParty #ThePublicEnemy

A tale of two Michaels.
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#TheGodfather