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Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 3 (Smart Money / Picture Snatcher / Lady Killer / Mayor of Hell / Black Legion / Brother Orchid) (1933)
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| Starring: | James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Sothern, Ann Sheridan, Donald Crisp, Cecil Kellaway, Allen Jenkins, Evalyn Knapp, Mae Clarke, Madge Evans, Joe Sawyer |
| Director: | Lloyd Bacon, Archie Mayo, Roy Del Ruth, Alfred E. Green |
| Genre: | Drama, Crime, Gangsters, Murder, Crime Drama |
| Year: | 1933 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 495 minutes |
| Released: | March 25, 2008 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen |
| Language: | English(Original Language), French(Subtitled), English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS:
Smart Money (1931)
Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney were teamed up for the only time in their careers in Smart Money. Robinson has the larger part of a small-town barber who fancies himself a big-time gambler. He travels to the Big City carrying ten grand from backers at home with his younger brother (Cagney), who comes along as his bodyguard. Unfortunately Robinson has a weakness for beautiful blondes, which means trouble with a capital T. Watch closely in the first reel for an unbilled appearance by Boris Karloff as a dope pusher. Smart Money was Oscar® nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Film Historians Alain Silver and James Ursini
- Warner Night at the Movies Short Subjects Gallery - 1931
- Vintage Newsreel
- Musical Short George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir
- Musical Short The Smart Set-Up
- Classic Cartoon Big Man from the North
- Other Men’s Women (1931) Theatrical Trailer
Picture Snatcher (1933)
James Cagney portrays Danny Kean, a gangster looking to reform himself -- after a stretch behind bars -- with a new career as a tabloid newspaper photographer. He’s also fallen for Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis), the daughter of the cop who put him away (Robert Emmett O'Connor). Dad is less than impressed with Kean’s new career and none too happy about his daughter’s budding relationship. Danny and his editor (Ralph Bellamy) may be selling papers, but is Danny able to sell Dad? Some of the photographs featured in the movie were recreated from sensational images of a 1928 electrocution that were printed in the New York Daily News.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Film Historians Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta
- Warner Night at the Movies Short Subjects Gallery - 1933
- Vintage Newsreel
- Musical Short Plane Crazy
- Classic Cartoon: Wake Up the Gypsy in Me
- Picture Snatcher and I Loved A Woman (1933) Trailers
- Bonus Trailer of the Storyline-Linked Escape from Crime
Lady Killer (1933)
In one of his more comedic efforts, Cagney plays Dan Quigley, a former con artist who goes to Hollywood to hide out and ends up becoming a star. Making it in show business may have its perks, but it also puts him in the spotlight and in jeopardy of being recognized by the thugs he ran away from. By turns, Lady Killer is a filmmaking spoof, a crime thriller and a character study. With Cagney’s vitality out front, it’s definitely greater than the sum of its parts. The likable cast includes Mae Clarke, his co-star from Public Enemy (part of the first Warner Bros. Gangster Collection) and the recipient of the famous grapefruit.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Film Historian Dr. Drew Casper
- Warner Night at the Movies Short Subjects Gallery - 1933
- Movie Retrospective Short The Camera Speaks
- Vintage Newsreel
- Musical Short Kissing Time
- Classic Cartoon The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
- Lady Killer and Footlight Parade Theatrical Trailer
Mayor of Hell (1933)
Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith (Frank Darro), are sent to the State Reformatory, ruled with an iron fist by a callous warden. Soon, Patsy Gargan (James Cagney) - a former gangster - arrives, having been appointed Deputy Commissioner as a political favor. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy (Madge Evans) and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to reform the reformatory and institute some formerly ignored basic Roosevelt-era principles, like humane treatment and democracy.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Film Historian Greg Mank
- Warner Night at the Movies Short Subjects Gallery
- Vintage Newsreel
- Musical Short The Audition
- Classic Cartoon The Organ Grinder
- Trailers from Four The Kennel Murder Case and The Mayor of Hell
- Bonus Trailer of the Storyline-Linked Crime School and Hell’s Kitchen
Black Legion (1937)
Factory worker Frank Taylor (Humphrey Bogart in one of his early starring roles) believes that he has missed out on a deserved promotion when it is instead given to a Polish immigrant. Angry and looking for a scapegoat, he is an ideal mark for the Black Legion, an underground “Pro American” group that wants to get rid of immigrants and racial minorities through violent means. Frank joins, and with his new friends, he dons black robes and drives the Polish family from their home. His aim achieved, Frank gets his job, but soon the Legion begins to take up more of his time and money, and turns his character darker and darker. Co-starring Ann Sheridan, Black Legion was inspired by a real case and was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Film Historians Paticia King Hanson and Anthony Slide
- Warner Night at the Movies Short Subjects Gallery - 1937
- Vintage Newsreel
- Musical Short Hi De Ho with Cab Calloway
- Technicolor Historical Short Under Southern Stars
- Classic Cartoon Porky and Gabby
- The Black Legion and The Perfect Specimen (1937) Trailers
Brother Orchid (1940)
Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart made five films together and Brother Orchid is the only one in which neither is killed! In this gangster comedy, Little John Sarto (Robinson), returns from Europe where he was hoping to find some “class” and finds his old mob has been taken over by Jack Buck (Bogart). Barely escaping an attempt on his life by the new regime, Sarto takes refuge in the monastery of the “Little Brothers of the Flower,” pretending he’s interested in becoming a monk so that the Brothers will let him stay while he plots his revenge. However, the kindness of the monks gradually changes him and he resolves to turn over a new leaf and reject his violent past.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Robinson Biographer Alan L. Ginsberg and Bogart Biographer Eric Lax
- Warner Night at the Movies Short Subjects Gallery - 1940
- Vintage Newsreel
- Musical Short: Henry Busse and His Orchestra
- Classic Cartoons Busy Bakers and Slap Happy Pappy
- Brother Orchid and It All Came True (1940) Trailers
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