The Roaring Twenties (1939) |
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Other InformationPlot SummaryBased upon an idea by Broadway columnist Mark Hellinger, The Roaring Twenties opens during World War I as doughboys Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney), Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn), and George Hally (Humphrey Bogart) discuss what they will do when the war is... Tagline1920 . . . Bootleggers, Jazz, Babe Ruth, Speakeasies, Jack Dempsey, Dames, Molls, Easy Living - Quick Dying . . . the torrid . . . blazing . . . wild . . . lush . . . lurid - ROARING TWENTIES ! ! ! The land of the free gone wild! The heyday of the hotcha! The shock-crammed days G-men took ten whole years to lick! DiscographySinglesBye Bye Blackbird Cryin` for the Carolines If I Could Be with You Tip-Toe thru` the Tulips with Me Ain`t We Got Fun Carolina in the Morning In a Shanty In Old Shanty Town It Had to Be You I`m Forever Blowing Bubbles I`m Just Wild About Harry Mademoiselle from Armentières My Melancholy Baby Swanee The Japanese Sandman |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Eddie Bartlett: I trust my friends.
[Walks off]
George Halley: That guys a sucker. I don`t trust any of my friends.
Panama Smith: The feeling`s mutual, George. They don`t trust you either. Eddie Bartlett: One thing, Lloyd. They tell me your boss is building a case against our old friend, George.
Lloyd Hart: The case is already built, Eddie.
Eddie Bartlett: Yeah, well, you remember what he said would happen if you ever told what you knew about him?
Lloyd Hart: I remember.
Eddie Bartlett: So does he. Eddie Bartlett: You always said you were going to take real good care of me, didn`t you George?
George Halley: Wait a minute Eddie, I can explain!
Eddie Bartlett: Here`s one rap you ain`t gonna beat!
[fires twice] George Hally: I always say, when you got a job to do, get somebody else to do it. Panama Smith: I think you`re a pretty decent guy. I like to talk to decent guys. They`re hard to find. Panama Smith: I`m sick of watching you try to put out that torch you carry for her with a lot of cheap hooch. Who does the kid look like?
Eddie Bartlett: Like her.
Panama Smith: And they got a nice house.
Eddie Bartlett: Yeah, it`s a nice house if you like that kind of a house, but for me, uh, I`ll take a hotel anytime. You know that.
Panama Smith: Me too. Ain`t it funny how our tastes have always run the same? Ever since the first time we met. I can just picture you living in the suburbs, working in a garden, raising flowers and kids. Wouldn`t that be a laugh.
Eddie Bartlett: Yeah, wouldn`t I look cute? Panama Smith: Things have been pretty tough, haven`t they?
Eddie Bartlett: They could be tougher. A guy in the cell with me was talkin` about bumpin` himself off. Until I get around to that, I`m doin` all right. [last lines]
Panama Smith: He`s dead.
Cop: Well, who is this guy?
Panama Smith: This is Eddie Bartlett.
Cop: Well, how`re you hooked up with him?
Panama Smith: I could never figure it out.
Cop: What was his business?
Panama Smith: He used to be a big shot.Trivia A montage features a shot of gangsters bombing a storefront. This shot is actually an alternate angle of the bombing of a store in The Public Enemy (1931), and the same shot is notably also used in a similar montage for Angels with Dirty Faces (1938). Based on the life and career of real-life bootlegger Larry Fay. Unlike James Cagney`s Eddie Bartlett, however, Fay stood 6`3" inches tall, and was long-jawed and gangly. Glenda Farrell was originally cast as Panama Smith. Both Ann Sheridan and Lee Patrick were also slotted for the role that was eventually perfectly played by Gladys George. The character of Panama Smith was partially based on actress and nightclub hostess Texas Guinan. This marked the end of James Cagney`s cycle of gangster films for Warner Bros. Cagney wanted to diversify his roles and would not play a gangster again until White Heat (1949), ten years later. Unlike the movie`s Eddie Bartlett, Larry Fay died on New Year`s Day of 1932. Dwindling finances had forced him to cut costs at his New York nightclub, the El Fay; after telling the doorman at the club that his pay was going to be reduced, the doorman pulled a revolver and shot Fay four times. Fay collapsed backward onto a sofa and died. | ||
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