The Rise and Fall of Classic Gangster Movies | WB 100th Anniversary

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Continuing with the celebration of Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary, in this video I will discuss gangster films and how Warner Bros. established itself as a major player in Hollywood with emblematic movies such as LITTLE CAESAR and THE PUBLIC ENEMY. Furthermore, we will cover the evolution of these films from the silent era until the 1950s, the political and economical context and how it paved the way for film noir.
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✨Sources of media and information included in this video:
· William A. Wellman's Documentary "Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick" (1995)
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· Hollywood & the Stars: How to Succeed as a Gangster
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· The Great Train Robbery (1903)
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· The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
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· The Italian (1915)
• The Italian
· Underworld (1927)
• Underworld (1927)
· The Racket (1928)
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· Chinatown Nights (1929)
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· Alibi (1929)
• Alibi (1929) CHESTER M...
· Thunderbolt (1929)
• Thunderbolt (1929)
· Little Caesar (1931)
• Hampa Dorada
· The Public Enemy (1931)
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· Scarface (1932)
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[@MiriamVintageClassics]

Hello everyone, I hope you enjoy this video dedicated to gangster films, the role of Warner Bros. and its impact on film noir. Check out the description box to find links to many of the films mentioned in this video, specially the silent ones which are really interesting. Thank you for watching!

[@comet52]

Favorite gangster films... classics - White Heat. Cagney's paranoid, crazed, mother-fixated mug is as over the top as it gets. Maybe Pacino's scarface comes close but Cagney didn't have to swim in coke to go up in flames. The Big Heat - more cop focused but Lee Marvin's energetic menace and Gloria Grahame's unconscious slide into tragedy stand out. Non-classic - Miller's Crossing. So impeccably and smartly constructed, beautifully shot with all of the Coen's attention to historic detail, and played so well by Gabriel Byrne and all the rest of the cast. Also The Sting - again not focused so much on the gangster played brilliantly by Robert Shaw but more on how he gets his comeuppance. Cops, cons, and gangsters are what it's all about.

[@celinhabr1]

Very nice video! Thank you for the videos you make, always nice to discuss old hollywood.

[@MiriamVintageClassics]

I also appreciate these comments and meeting more classic film buffs. Thank you!

[@johnw706]

A very informative , and entertaining , overview of. Gangster films leading up to Film Noir . Thanks for the video !!

[@believewhat]

A great video, I remember the first time I saw Paul Muni's Scarface, I was mesmerized by his creepy charisma, before becoming a classic film fan I thought Al Pachino was pretty cool, but he had NOTHING on the original lol. I bet the real-life gangsters loved these crime films!

[@MiriamVintageClassics]

I must confess I prefer Al Pacino to Paul Muni but they were all great. Original Scarface and early gangster films are fascinating. According to Orson Welles, real gangsters would start to dress like George Raft so I would bet that too. Thank you for watching.

[@aldogandia3832]

Glad I found your channel. Nice work.

[@MiriamVintageClassics]

Thank you very much.

[@JonathanWander]

Excellent video, Miriam, thank you! I learned quite a bit. My favorite gangster movie is one you mentioned, "Angels With Dirty Faces." My uncle showed it to me when I was 12 or 13 and it became the movie that sparked my interest in classic film. The ending had a profound effect on me, and still does. I'm not sure if it's this way in other parts of the world, but here in the U.S. the movie was unavailable for years. In fact, it's still not available to stream. Fortunately, a Blu-ray was released in late 2021.

[@MiriamVintageClassics]

I can see how Angels With Dirty Faces can impact a boy and specially that final scene. It is so powerful. Wonderful to learn that. In Spain at least, it has been available to rent and stream through Apple and Prime, besides being available in DVD. I didn't know about that, I wonder why that was the case. Thank you so much, Jonathan.

[@salvadorpereira5084]

Great vídeo!!

[@RogerKirby13]

Great rewarding video, Miriam. I appreciate all the effort you put into your videos. My exposure to silent film is almost all confined to the legendary comedians. I tend to get sleepy with the dramas but I do want to check out some of the titles you mentioned especially Underworld. Wasn’t George Raft rumored to have been a real life gangster before movies or was that a legend? It always amazes me how long it took to make Bogart a star. I guess it finally happened when John Huston insisted upon him for High Sierra. Just discovered your blog. I’m enjoy reading through it.

[@MiriamVintageClassics]

I truly appreciate your words too, Roger. I also relate to what you mention about silent films. In my case, it wasn't only until a couple of years ago when I really sat down and 'discovered' Buster Keaton films. I have been actively watching more, specially some that influenced later films and I have really realized that indeed in the silent era, the level of visual sophistication some films achieved is truly remarkable. Such is the case of Underworld so this one I truly recommend. Perhaps it is the narrative and story of some silent films that still needed a bit of improvement and why sometimes it is hard to sit through some. I also recently discovered John Barrymore's Don Juan (1926) and thought it was a great adventure film, even if some characters and parts of the story were a bit dated. I am not familiar with that story about George Raft, but I must check it out. I knew that he came from vaudeville, like James Cagney and was in fact, a great dancer. So true, how come nobody thought of him as a leading man, much less as a romantic leading man! Oh, thanks a lot, I haven't updated it in such a long time!

[@johnnypalooka]

Great film footage, Miriam. Those silent gangster films are surprisingly good. I wasn't expecting much when I watched Underworld (Von Sternberg), but it is great. I will check out some of the others you mention. Of course I love the WB films. I've seen them all but they are eminently rewatchable

[@MiriamVintageClassics]

Thanks a lot. Yes, one can think that and this has happened to me too with other silent films but I agree that Underworld is wonderful. It is incredible to see that many of these films were so ahead of their time.

[@brianderee4614]

Great Job!