Greatest gangster films collection : prohibition era
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2010.
Format
DVD or VCD
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
ISBN
0780665325, 9780780665323
UPC
883929156863

Notes

General Note
The public enemy: Includes: Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the movies 1931 with newsreel, comedy short The eyes have it, cartoon Smile, darn ya, smile and theatrical trailers; featurette Beer and blood: enemies of the public; commentary by historian Robert Sklar; 1954 rerelease foreword.
General Note
The public enemy: Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
General Note
The roaring twenties: Includes: Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the movies 1939 with newsreel, musical short All girl revue, comedy short The great library misery, cartoon Thugs with dirty mugs and theatrical trailers; featurette The roaring twenties: the world moves on; commentary by historian Lincoln Hurst.
General Note
The roaring twenties: Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
General Note
Little Caesar: Includes: Leonard Maltin hosts Warner Night at the movies 1930 with newsreel, Spencer Tracy drama short The hard guy, cartoon Lady, play your mandolin! and theatrical trailers; featurette Little Caesar: end of Rico, beginning of the antihero; commentary by historian Richard B. Jewell; 1954 rerelease foreword.
General Note
Little Caesar: Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
General Note
Smart money: Warner Night at the movies 1931 with newsreel, musical shorts George Jessel and his Russian art choir and The smart set-up, cartoon Big man from the north and theatrical trailer; commentary by historians Alain Silver and James Ursini.
General Note
Smart money: Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
Creation/Production Credits
The public enemy: story by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright ; screen adaptation by Harvey Thew ; directed by William A Wellman.
Creation/Production Credits
Little Caesar: novel by W.R. Burnett ; screen adaptation by Francis Edwards Faragoh ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Creation/Production Credits
The roaring twenties: screenplay by Jerry Wald, Richard Macauley and Robert Rossen ; from an original story by Mark Hellinger ; directed by Raoul Walsh.
Creation/Production Credits
Smart money: The Vitaphone Corp. ; screen story & dialogue by Kubec Glasmon, John Bright, Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson ; directed by Alfred E. Green.
Participants/Performers
The public enemy: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell.
Participants/Performers
The roaring twenties: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, Paul Kelly.
Participants/Performers
Little Caesar: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Participants/Performers
Smart money: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney.
Description
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.
Description
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.
Description
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.
Description
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.
Target Audience
The public enemy: Not rated.
Target Audience
The roaring twenties: Not rated.
Target Audience
Little Caesar: Not rated.
Target Audience
Smart money: Not rated.
System Details
DVD; standard version; dual-layer format; Dolby digital mono.; NTSC region 1.
Language
Audio: English mono.; subtitles: English, French, Spanish (except Smart Money); closed-captioned; English SDH.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wellman, W. A., Glasmon, K., Bright, J., Thew, H., Wald, J., Macaulay, R., Rossen, R., Hellinger, M., Walsh, R., Burnett, W. R. 1., Faragoh, F. E., LeRoy, M., Hubbard, L., Jackson, J., Green, A. E., Cagney, J., Harlow, J., Woods, E., Blondell, J., Lane, P., Bogart, H., George, G., Lynn, J., McHugh, F., Kelly, P., Robinson, E. G., & Fairbanks, D., Jr. (2010). Greatest gangster films collection: prohibition era (Standard version.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William A. Wellman et al.. 2010. Greatest Gangster Films Collection: Prohibition Era. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William A. Wellman et al.. Greatest Gangster Films Collection: Prohibition Era Warner Home Video, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wellman, William A., et al. Greatest Gangster Films Collection: Prohibition Era Standard version., Warner Home Video, 2010.

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