Hi Joe and MOPO: I meant they hadn't hyped the extra restored footage on PUBLIC ENEMY - that really blew me away. I've seen that film many times and WOW! - anyway on the secondary track they talk about all the extra stuff - which is nice. I love LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME - great film. Another star terribly under represented on DVD is EDWARD G. ROBINSON! What a great actor! I love all the poster art on these particular films except for WHITE HEAT - which is a bit too "stark" for me. I've had paper on all these films (reissue on PUBLIC ENEMY & LITTLE CAESAR, original on the rest) and I'm sad I didn't keep some of it. I love Warners' films - especially the 30's stuff - musicals, gangster films, comedies, adventure & swashbucker, "message" films - you name it. RKO is my second favorite studio of the 30's (1933 KING KONG my favorite film of all time). Astaire & Rogers, Richard Dix, Wheeler & Woolsey (as Glenn will tell you), a lot of their "B" films, etc. - Bruce
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bruce Carteron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Cagney Classics-- Posters?
Dear Bruce and MOPO,
Hi from Joe Bonelli in New Orleans.
I just finished watching PUBLIC ENEMY last night. An incredible film and star-making turn by Cagney. The sequence in the rain torward the end of the film just blew me away-- as did the final scene! Actually Warners has hyped that release as part of it's Classic Gangsters collection. I watched LITTLE CAESAR the other night. I also have devoured all the extras on both-- except I need to re-watch ENEMY with the commentary track on. It's really a fascinating film history lesson to traverse these films in chronological order of their release. (Next is THE PETRIFIED FOREST.) Though ENEMY was released on ly a year after CAESAR, it is light years ahead technologically. No question that progress was being made on that front daily in that post-Jazz-Singer era. And Cagney is indeed fabulous in ENEMY. Having seen only the famous Mae Clark-grapefruit sequence in the past, I was bowled over by his stunning presence. What an impression it must have made in the theatre in 1932 during the height of the Great Depression when anyone's kid could have been turned in the direction of the film's "hero." It will be fun to see the rest of the Collection with new eyes and in these eye-popping restorations. You might know that soon a Doris Day package will see the long-awaited (by me and friends at any rate) dvd release of LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME-- Cagney's Oscar-nominated return to that type character-- the third-rate "mug" Marty "the Gimp," Snyder -- who pushed the career of his girlfriend, singer Ruth Etting-- her recreation a true singing/acting highlight of Doris Day's career. So we'll have early and late Cagney all restored-- and within a few months. I believe these and similar releases by Warners and Fox herald new interest in film history. Perhaps the younger folk will eschew some special effects to see how the Power of Personality can eclipse the CGI-Explosion in making for fascinating entertainment.
One of the great things about the Warners Gangster Collection and most of their other "classic" restoration-releases, is the use of original poster art on the covers. I'd love to know more about some of these posters. Is the reason we don't see more of them the fact that they are so desirable that few collectors will part with them or so "dear" in price that they just don't show up on the market? Or could the usual WWII paper needs be the culprit. And what about the posters themselves? I'd love to see what many of our resident experts think of the original advertising for these films and to see as well some more examples. Glad to see you back on the list and to set up such a great topic for discussion. Thanks, Joe Bonelli
From: Bruce Carteron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005/03/10 Thu AM 01:03:13 EST To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Cagney Classics
Hello - this is Bruce Carteron, back on Mopo again after many years gone. Hello to everyone I know on here - you know who you are. Anyone here fans of James Cagney's "PUBLIC ENEMY"? Did you know the new DVD release restores lost footage that hadn't been seen since 1931? It was way cool to see that! Maybe Warners' - since getting their film library back will have more good things to come. They didn't hype this at all. They did show out takes of "WHITE HEAT" (another classic Cagney) on that release. Anyway - good to be back. Hope someone wants to discuss this Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
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cool Cagney stuff. - Bruce
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