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Public enemy / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. ; story by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright ; adaptation by Harvey Thew ; directed by William A. Wellman.

tagged crime gangs gangster james_cagney mobs prohibition the_great_depression the_public_enemy wellman by nadle ...and 1 other person ...on 01-DEC-08

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Public enemy (1931)/ Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. ; story by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright ; adaptation by Harvey Thew ; directed by William A. Wellman.

"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" during opening credits and later at nightclub and again on gramophone in Powers' home - mood of song contrasts with events'. "There are Smiles" and "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" at nightclub. Putty Nose dies while singing. "Romantic musical kitsch" during romantic scene. (Darby and Du Bois, American Film Music, 1990, p. 12-3).

belongs to coming of classical Hollywood sound project
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