The roaring twenties
Blu-ray - 2024
"Ripped from the headlines of the turbulent era between the Great War and the Great Depression, this dynamic, nostalgia-tinged crime drama balances tommy-gun action with epic historical sweep. Legends James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart star as army buddies whose fortunes rise and fall as their fates intersect, first in a foxhole on the front lines of World War I, then in Manhattan's Prohibition-era underworld. Directed by Hollywood master Raoul Walsh and based on a story by prolific journalist turned screenwriter and producer Mark Hellinger, The Roaring Twenties brought to a close the celebrated Warner Bros. gangster cycle of the 1930s, and it remains one of the greatest and most influential crime films of all time" --Container....
- Subjects
- Genres
- Crime films
Gangster films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Historical films
Fiction films
Feature films
Film adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, NY] :
Criterion Collection
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
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- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Blu-ray special edition
- Item Description
- From an original story by Mark Hellinger.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Special features: new 4K digital restoration; Audio commentary with film historian Lincoln Hurst; New interview with critic Gary Giddins; Excerpt from a 1973 interview with director Raoul Walsh; Trailer; An essasy by film critic Mark Asch. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Blu-ray; region A; mono; requires Blu-ray player.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Ernie Haller ; editor, Jack Killifer ; musis, Leo F. Forbstein.
- ISBN
- 9798886071115