Eddie Kagle (Paul Muni) is a gangster who hasn’t done a great job of evading the law. He’s just been released from prison, in fact. In other words, as the film’s opening sequence puts it: “This story is about Eddie Kagle who based his way of living on what Omar Khayyam once said: ‘Live fully while you may and reckon not the cost.’” Soon after … Continue reading Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Steve Larwitt (George Raft) is a nightclub owner who has found love with a pretty performer at one of his clubs named Brenda (Joan Bennett). Things are going smoothly for the couple for a while, until George takes misguided advice from his lawyer, Slant (Lloyd Nolan), and ends up in prison for ten years. Even when separated by prison walls, the couple seems unbreakable. George … Continue reading The House Across the Bay (1940)
A note from Lindsey: This film was viewed as part of TMP’s Barbara Stanwyck filmography project. Check out Listography to keep track of the project’s progress! Jennifer “Lady” Lee (Barbara Stanwyck) has grown up in the world of gambling. Her dad, Mike (Robert Barrat), is a pro at it, but is also an honest man and has never run a crooked game. When a gambling … Continue reading Gambling Lady (1934)
Adell Hamilton (Constance Bennett), the youngest daughter of the Hamilton family, finds herself attracted to a lawyer named David Norton (Neil Hamilton). But their romance is no walk in the park. David is eventually assigned as the prosecutor in a murder case of which Adell has become a suspect, though her siblings were actually the ones involved in it. Will Adell risk losing her love … Continue reading Two Against the World (1932)
