Humphrey Bogart & James Cagney Night
Koolhoven & Simons: Humphrey Bogart & James Cagney Night
We’re celebrating 100 years of Warner Bros. by showing two famous WB gangster films from the '30s, both starring Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney: The Roaring Twenties on 35m from the Eye collection and Angels with Dirty Faces.
Programme
The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, US 1939)
Three friends return after World War I to a very different America. Alcohol is hard to obtain – and therefore more popular than ever. Two of the three friends end up in the criminal milieu (including Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney), while the third becomes a lawyer, helping his friends with their legal difficulties.
Angels with Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, US 1938)
Two kids from the slums take different paths after a failed break-in. Rocky (James Cagney) is sent to a reform school and becomes a big local gangster, while Jerry (Pat O'Brien) goes on to become a priest, trying to prevent young people from getting involved in crime. Humphrey Bogart plays the smart lawyer. Produced by Warner Bros. which rose to prominence thanks to films like this: a mix of gangster film and social-critical drama.
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Details
Production year
2023
Length
236 min.
Event language
Dutch
Moderator
Martin Koolhoven & Ronald Simons
Country
NL
Language
English
Part of
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