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The Public Enemy

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December 1, 2023November 23, 2023

The Public Enemy (1931), starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Mae Clarke

Synopsis of The Public Enemy

In The Public Enemy, Oscar-winner James Cagney (“Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “Angels with Dirty Faces“) became a superstar with his gritty performance as a prohibition-era Irish-American street punk who tries to make it big in Chicago’s organized crime world. Features the famous grapefruit-in-your-face scene with co-star Mae Clark (“Frankenstein“). Co-starring the original Blonde Bombshell, Jean Harlow (“Dinner at Eight“). Recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time. Inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Scarface

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June 27, 2023June 21, 2023

Scarface (1932) starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff

Regarded the best of the classic gangster films, Scarface tells the story of organized crime’s brutal control over Chicago during Prohibition

Love Me or Leave Me

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January 27, 2023January 13, 2023

Love Me or Leave Me (1955), starring Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully

Synopsis of Love Me or Leave Me

Love Me or Leave Me is a fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

The Petrified Forest

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September 27, 2022September 19, 2022

The Petrified Forest (1936) starring Leslie Howard , Bette Davis , Genevieve Tobin, Humphrey Bogart

Synopsis of The Petrified Forest

In The Petrified Forest, Oscar-winner Humphrey Bogart stars as Duke Mantee, an escaped convict who holds customers hostage at a remote desert diner.

Life with Blondie

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December 31, 2021December 10, 2021

Life with Blondie (1945) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake

After Daisy chases a neighbor’s cat up a tree, a reporter finds out that Daisy has been voted the Navy’s pin-up dog …. And the article he writes leads to Daisy becoming a celebrity.

The Astounding She Monster

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September 11, 2021February 11, 2022

In The Astounding She Monster, a beautiful, radioactive, space alien intersects with gangsters kidnapping a young woman. A schlocky, cheesy monster movie.

Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr.

Little Caesar

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January 11, 2018February 25, 2023

Little Caesar (1931), starring Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr.

Synopsis of Little Caesar

Little Caesar is the tale of pugnacious Caesar Enrico Bandello, a hoodlum with a Chicago-sized chip on his shoulder, few attachments, fewer friends and no sense of underworld diplomacy.

Money from Home

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July 29, 2016May 11, 2022

Synopsis of Money from Home (1953) starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley

Synopsis of Money from Home

In Money from Home, Gambler Honey Talk Nelson needs money to pay off his losses – quickly. He enlists the aid of his cousin Virgil, a veterinary assistant, to fix a horse race. Things become complicated when Nelson falls in love with the horse’s owner and Virgil falls in love with a veterinarian.