One of the great gangster movies but one that takes its time. We're almost half way through "The Roaring Twenties" before the real action starts but with Cagney in the lead and Bogie backing him up it's a classic nevertheless. They are former WWI army buddies who join forces during Prohibition but ultimately fall out. Priscilla Lane is the singer Cagney falls for but his attentions aren't reciprocated, Gladys George is the hard-boiled hostess who loves Cagney, (and gets to utter the film's immortal last line), and Frank McHugh is Cagney's best pal. Raoul Walsh was the director so you knew what to expect; he may have been a jobbing director but he was one of the best Hollywood ever produced. Supremely entertaining.Wednesday 15 July 2020
THE ROARING TWENTIES
One of the great gangster movies but one that takes its time. We're almost half way through "The Roaring Twenties" before the real action starts but with Cagney in the lead and Bogie backing him up it's a classic nevertheless. They are former WWI army buddies who join forces during Prohibition but ultimately fall out. Priscilla Lane is the singer Cagney falls for but his attentions aren't reciprocated, Gladys George is the hard-boiled hostess who loves Cagney, (and gets to utter the film's immortal last line), and Frank McHugh is Cagney's best pal. Raoul Walsh was the director so you knew what to expect; he may have been a jobbing director but he was one of the best Hollywood ever produced. Supremely entertaining.
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