Black Legion
by Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz
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Actor: Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Helen Flint, Humphrey BogartDirector: Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Abem Finkel
Writer: Robert Lord
Writer: William Wister Haines
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Black Legion
Movie Review: American Nazism
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a forgotten classic social drama that made a very strong impact in 1937 & went down extremely well with the critics & the general public. This is a torn from the headlines expose about a notorious hooded organization that really did exist in the 1930's called The Black Legion. There were lots of hate groups active during this time patterned after the K.K.K. The real Black Legion & the atrocities actually happened in Michigan. Many high profile businessman like Henry Ford & police & fire Chief officials were staunch supporters of The Black Legion. Including the Detroit Auto workers & union leader officials.
The movie has a very grim, stark & documentary kind of realism & it's subject matter is more timelier than ever. Still very relevant today. This movie was in the top 10 list of best films of 1937 & received an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. I will say that I didn't like the commentary on this film because the commentary kind of makes fun of the movie. This movie deserves praise, respect & recognition & needs to be seen for it's one of Humphrey Bogart's best performances of his entire career. Black Legion is as good as any film he did later on if not better. Highly recommended !!
Summary of Black Legion
Frank Taylor and people like him have a vision for America. It is a vision shaped by terror and fueled by fear ignorance and hate - a nation of "free white 100-percent Americans!" In his first lead role in a major movie Humphrey Bogart portrays Taylor reuniting with the director of The Petrified Forest for this powerful tale of a white supremacist group. Threats surrounded the making of the film but the studio persisted creating a bold torn-from-the-headlines expose selected as one of 1937's 10 Best Films by the National Board of Review. The movie also fanned controversy for months after its release. "Black Legion will not stay in its place as cinema fiction" The New York Times' Frank Nugent wrote."It strikes too hard too deep and too close to the mark." Year: 1936 Director: Archie Mayo Starring: Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Erin O'Brien-Moore Special Feature: Original Theatrical Trailer B&w/83 Mins.Running Time: 83 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CLASSICS UPC: 883929002757 Manufacturer No: 1000035752Similar DVD Movies
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