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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.
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 It was adapted from the unpublished novelette Beer and Blood written by John Bright, and adapted for the screen by Kubec Glasmon and Bright.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 ...
The rights to the film were recovered after Hughes's death in the 1970s. Alongside Little Caesar and The Public Enemy (both 1931), Scarface is regarded as one of the most significant and influential gangster films. Scarface was added to the National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress.
Cagney and Edward Woods in The Public Enemy (1931) Warner Brothers' succession of gangster movie hits, in particular Little Caesar with Edward G. Robinson, [53] culminated in the 1931 film The Public Enemy. Due to the strong reviews he had received in his short film career, Cagney was cast as nice-guy Matt Doyle, opposite Edward Woods as Tom ...
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).
Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz; August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress.She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for being on the receiving end of James Cagney's halved grapefruit in The Public Enemy. [3]
James Cagney and Edward Woods in The Public Enemy (1931) Woods' parents were Mary Clark and William B. Woods, and he had two brothers, Roy C. and William B. Woods. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Woods became an actor. He appeared at the old Salt Lake Theatre in The Copperhead, as Lionel Barrymore's teenage son.
The most notable of these, Beer and Blood, became the 1931 film The Public Enemy starring James Cagney. [2] The two were nominated for a 1931 Academy Award for Best Story. In 1933 he became one of the ten founders of the Screen Writers Guild.