Bordertown
by Archie L. Mayo
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Actor: Bette Davis, Paul MuniDirector: Archie L. Mayo
Brand: Warner
Producer: Warner Bros.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
Published: 2009
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Movie Reviews of Bordertown
Movie Review: A very strange little film
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a variation on "They Drive By Night", and it was recently aired on Turner Classic Movies and seemed to be in good condition. That's important because this film is on DVD-R that has had absolutely no restoration done to it - whatever happens to be in the Warner vault is what you get. It comes with no extra features and not even scene selections. It is priced at about ten dollars more than films in the Warner Archives, which puzzles me since this film is not nearly as good as many of the films in the Warner Archives.
This film is not an introduction to Bette Davis. She had first worked at Universal and then switched over to Warner Brothers in 1931 where she starred opposite George Arliss in "The Man Who Played God". Universal thought she didn't have any potential. Bette Davis is still playing a largely supporting role here. Paul Muni is the actual star as a Latino man with big dreams (Johnny Ramirez) as he finally graduates from night school with a law degree. However, his first case finds him totally unprepared to the point of malpractice. Next he loses his temper and punches the opposing attorney in the nose. The judge recommends that he be disbarred, and our hero's short law career is over. A disheartened Johnny wanders down to a border town where he becomes friends with Charlie Roark (Eugene Pallette), and soon becomes partners with him in a casino there. Bette Davis plays Roark's wife who secretly loves Johnny. She thinks the only thing coming between her and Johnny is her marriage, so she leaves her drunken husband in the garage one night with the car running, making his death look like an accident to the authorities. However, Johnny really loves a society girl, and this drives Roark's widow to even more desperate measures.
Muni's last lines in the film and the apparent moral to the story will have modern audiences probably saying "What the...", but you have to remember this was made in 1935 and appreciate it for the performances.
Summary of Bordertown
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