I’m Sorry. I’ll Stop Talking about Joan Blondell.
James Cagney became a star, Mae Clark took a grapefruit to the face and Jean Harlow made an impression. It’s an early “talkie” by William Wellman that’s both a blueprint for what would come later, and a uniquely brutal take on the gangster genre.
Listen to this episode (49 minutes)
Show Notes
The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film
The Public Enemy (1931), trailer
Available to stream, rent or buy digitally
On disc: Blu-ray
Next time, we’ll watch Laura (1944)
