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The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) [6] is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman, and starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell.
In April 1931, the same month as the release of The Public Enemy, Hays recruited former police chief August Vollmer to conduct a study on the effect gangster pictures had on children. After he had finished his work, Vollmer stated that gangster films were innocuous and even overly favorable in depicting the police. [123]
William Wellman's The Public Enemy (1931) was released by Warner Brothers the following year and features another career defining performance, this time by James Cagney. It was adapted from the unpublished novelette Beer and Blood written by John Bright, and adapted for the screen by Kubec Glasmon and Bright. [41] [42] Enemy takes place from ...
Cagney had only fallen into his gangster persona when he and Edward Woods switched roles three days into the shooting of 1931's The Public Enemy. That role catapulted Cagney into stardom and a series of gangster films, which throughout his career, Cagney found to be as much a straitjacket as a benefit. [14]
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) dir. Dudley Murphy; Love Me Tonight (1932) dir. Rouben Mamoulian; The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) dir. Carl Boese and Paul Wegener; Frankenstein (1931) dir. James Whale; Eyes Without a Face (1960) dir. Georges Franju; Audition (1999) dir. Takashi Miike; The Public Enemy (1931) dir. William A. Wellman
Kane was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His early career was in vaudeville as a member of the two-man team of Kane & Herman. Some of his more famous films include The Public Enemy (1931), The Mummy (1932), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and The Ten Commandments (1956).
Character Film Portrayed by Year Ref. Tom Powers The Public Enemy: James Cagney: 1931 [63]Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello / "Little Caesar" Little Caesar: Edward G. Robinson
Nicknamed "Creepy" for his sinister smile and called "Ray" by his gang members, he was an American criminal known for his alliance with the Barker gang in the 1930s. He was the last "public enemy" to be taken, and served the longest sentence of any prisoner at Alcatraz (26 years). [2] [9] George "Machine Gun" Kelly: 1895–1954