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marypickfords · 2 months

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Angels with Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, 1938)

#james cagney #pat o'brien #angels with dirty faces #michael curtiz #caps #subtitles

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gatabella · 1 year

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Lana Turner, Pat O'Brien and Rita Hayworth salute the U.S. Military in a radio tribute on September 22, 1941

#lana turner #rita hayworth #pat o'brien

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 11 months

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#some like it hot #marilyn monroe #tony curtis #jack lemmon #george raft #joe e. brown #pat o'brien #billy wilder #1959

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voidblacktea · 15 days

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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

I watched Angels With Dirty Faces for the first time last year and it was the film that made me fall in love with the world of Hollywood's Golden Age.

Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) has just served 3 years in prison. Now he's out he is looking for the $100,000 that James Frazier (Bogie) promised him. Will he be able to collect or will he be swimming with the fishes?

Cagney is just a powerhouse in this film and I am always rooting for his character to the end. I also believe that the ending makes sense in the context of the Hays Code and I actually adore its ambiguity.

Sometimes, as much as we naturally rally against the Hays Code, it's also possible that these types of constraints can end up benefitting a piece of creative work, and if the film is as great as "Angels With Dirty Faces", they may foster greater creativity. In this instance I'd struggle to imagine that hauting ending any other way. Did he fake it for the kids or did he finally crumble confronted his own fate? In my mind he's faking it, but the doubt is always there. That scene is so beautifully shot and then we have the actual final scene as the kids ascend to Heaven led by Father Connolly... but does Rocky go there too?

A 10/10 film. And surely one of the most influential performances in the history of cinema.

"There's not a fake minute in a James Cagney movie" - Orson Welles

#james cagney #humphrey bogart #pat o'brien #old hollywood #golden age hollywood #michael curtiz #angels with dirty faces #angels with dirty faces 1938 #cinema #movies

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citizenscreen · 1 year

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Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky dubbed them the "Irish Mafia,” core members: James Cagney, Frank McHugh, Pat O'Brien, and Spencer Tracy.

#james cagney #frank mchugh #pat o'brien #spencer tracy

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blondecrazydame · 1 year

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Joan Blondell and Pat O'Brien in Off the Record, 1939

#Joan Blondell #Pat O'Brien #Off the Record #1939 #1930s #classic hollywood #underrated #great actor #black and white #couple #vintage #photography #golden age

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oldshowbiz · 10 months

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6533 Hollywood Blvd is a long, curved, apartment building at the corner of Hollywood and Hudson.

Located next to the two oldest houses in Hollywood, it was built in 1918. It housed several struggling actors in the early 1920s including Clara Bow, Joan Blondell, Jack LaRue, Mae Busch, Pat O'Brien, and Oliver Hardy.

#laurel and hardy #kliph walking tour #hollywood blvd #architecture #hollywood #joan blondell #oliver hardy #pat o'brien #jack larue #mae busch #Clara Bow #Hillview Apartments #Hudson Ave

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horrorbloodylover · 5 months

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