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Only European observer to pipe another tune was Columnist George de la Fouchardiere of Paris' Oeuvre: "It reminds one somewhat of the frog who dived into the pond to avoid getting wet in the rain. . . . Our gangster industry is extremely flourishing. . . . Nor are children any more secure here than in the U. S. ... It may be that citizens of the U. S. are in some measure worthy descendants of convicts deported from England, but inhabitants of old Europe are also worthy descendants of the heroic bandits of the Middle Ages...
...climax in: "Yes, but the ashes of the darling baby, victim of a fiend urged by greed of gain, and seeking pleasure, are mute witnesses of the Crime, while within every American's breast there is a beating of the heart, tolling the death-knell of every gangster, while the Stars and Stripes fly from every staff and masthead...
East of Java (Universal). An ex-gangster named Red Bowers (Charles Bickford) becomes a leader of men when cast ashore on an island off East Africa together with the crew, passengers and cargo, mostly lions, of the tramp steamer Sea Dragon. East of Java was adapted from Gouverneur Morris' Tiger Island by able Screenwriter James Creelman, and regardless of its minor sins against credulity it has a reckless tempo and a tendency for killing off its cast, unusual and charming as a contrast to the current prissy mode of photographing people who sit around on sofas talking imitation Philip...
...Mary Burns, Fugitive" is in the ancient tradition of gangster films, but gangster films have gone a long, long way since "Scarface". Sylvia Sydney mopes all over the place--which she does very well--and gives us a strongly moving Mary Burns. Allen Baxter is an impressively cold, nerveless killer, albeit slightly too good-looking...
...service at the age of 29. Two scandals darkened his life. He was unjustly suspected of responsibility for the murder of the Duke of Enghien, "one of the few instances of individual terrorism that Napoleon appears to have allowed himself." In this killing Napoleon behaved like a modern gangster taking a rival for a ride; arranged the affair so that responsibility fell on the aristocratic Caulaincourt, who was at tlk, point of taking his life when he heard of Enghien s murder. Second blow came when Caulain-court fell in love with a married woman whose husband had left...