MovieS TO WATCH

Movie Movie (1978): Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. In "Dynamite Hands", a delivery boy turns prizefighter in order to raise enough money for his kid sister's eye operation. Later, however, he turns his back on his father-figure manager and librarian girlfriend when he is distracted by a flashy gangster and a sexy nightclub diva. Intermission has a coming-attractions trailer for "Zero Hour", a World War I aviation drama. In the second feature, "Baxter's Beauties of 1933" a Broadway impresario hears he has only a month to live and is determined to mount one more hit on the boards. When his drunken diva of a star cannot go on opening night, he finds that the ingénue he chooses to replace her is his long-estranged daughter. All three stories feature the same cast in repertoire.

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Dead End (1937): Big-time gangster Baby Face Martin flees the police and returns to his former home in the slums of Manhattan's Lower East Side. His homecoming is less than sweet when his mother spurns him and his former girlfriend reveals she is a prostitute. Martin's presence enamors local kids, though, and a tragic tale of violence, murder, and money weaves itself through the run-down neighborhood. .

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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938): Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly were tough kids who grew up together in the toughest part of New York: Hell's Kitchen. Early on, Rocky gets sent to reform school, where he learns how to be a first-class criminal. Jerry, who had escaped from the law, goes straight and becomes a priest. As adults, they reunite in the old neighborhood: Jerry works with the kids who, like him and Rocky, could end up on either side of the law. Rocky has returned looking for a safe place to stay until he can get back into his old racketeering organization--something that his old partner isn't anxious to have happen. Lots of rapid-fire wisecracks, roughhousing, and gunfire ensue. You can watch the original trailer for the film here: https://youtu.be/2FiBruBgsHg?si=eE_8iIF6VXIYuIvf

Little Caesar (1931): Rico is a small-time hood who knocks off gas stations for whatever he can take. He heads east and signs up with Sam Vettori's mob. A New Year's Eve robbery at Little Arnie Lorch's casino results in the death of the new crime commissioner Alvin McClure. Rico's good friend Joe Massara, who works at the club as a professional dancer, works as the gang's lookout man and wants out of the gang. Rico is ambitious and eventually takes over Vettori's gang; he then moves up to the next echelon pushing out Diamond Pete Montana. When he orders Joe to dump his girlfriend Olga and re-join the gang, Olga decides there's only one way out for them.  You can watch this movie online here: https://ok.ru/video/267474635427

Scarface: Key lieutenant of South Side Chicago crime boss Johnny Lovo (Osgood Perkins), Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) is an ambitious and reckless gangster who ignores warnings not to mess with Irish gangs on the North Side. When the North Side retaliates, Tony essentially massacres them, leaving him on top of the world. Worried about Tony's overconfidence, however, Johnny orders him killed, but this also backfires, and Tony finds himself even closer to becoming king of the city.  You can watch the original trailer for the film here: https://youtu.be/XRmWftEjit0?si=p0ylusZ7ma6yI_0t