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Lady Killer(1933)
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Writers: Ben Markson & Lillie Hayward (screen play)
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay
Genre: Comedy, Crime Drama
I've always loved the films from Hollywood's Golden Age, especially the 1930s. That was an era when movie theaters were grand and stars were like royalty. And in the 1930s one of the biggest and brightest stars was James Cagney.
Lady Killer is one of my favorite Cagney films. This is a quintessential role for him. Cagney is cocky, he's roguish, he's tough...with an impish grin and likable charm. He's one of my favorite actors and one of my favorite actresses is his leading lady, Mae Clarke.
Mae Clarke is remembered as Dr. Frankenstein's bride and the girl who Cagney pushed a grapefruit into her face in Public Enemy. Here she gets a chance to shine in a much larger role. There's something special about her that comes through the screen, she's very personable. She's a wonderful actresses.
Film making in the early 1930s was a new adventure and the style of films is much different than today….Lady Killer is indicative of early 1930s films and much different than films made only 10 years latter. Simpler is the way I would describe most of the earliest talkies and with the focus on star power. The film delivers with personable characters, big story arcs and some great slapstick comedy.
Lady Killer(1933)
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Writers: Ben Markson & Lillie Hayward (screen play)
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay
Genre: Comedy, Crime Drama
"A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him."
I've always loved the films from Hollywood's Golden Age, especially the 1930s. That was an era when movie theaters were grand and stars were like royalty. And in the 1930s one of the biggest and brightest stars was James Cagney.
Lady Killer is one of my favorite Cagney films. This is a quintessential role for him. Cagney is cocky, he's roguish, he's tough...with an impish grin and likable charm. He's one of my favorite actors and one of my favorite actresses is his leading lady, Mae Clarke.
Mae Clarke is remembered as Dr. Frankenstein's bride and the girl who Cagney pushed a grapefruit into her face in Public Enemy. Here she gets a chance to shine in a much larger role. There's something special about her that comes through the screen, she's very personable. She's a wonderful actresses.
Film making in the early 1930s was a new adventure and the style of films is much different than today….Lady Killer is indicative of early 1930s films and much different than films made only 10 years latter. Simpler is the way I would describe most of the earliest talkies and with the focus on star power. The film delivers with personable characters, big story arcs and some great slapstick comedy.