Lady Killer
by Roy Del Ruth
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Actor: Douglass Dumbrille, James Cagney, Leslie Fenton, Mae Clarke, Margaret LindsayDirector: Roy Del Ruth
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio
Editor: George Amy
Writer: Ben Markson
Writer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer: Lillie Hayward
Writer: Rosalind Keating Shaffer
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: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Lady Killer
Movie Review: A Film That 'Grabs' You!
Summary: 5 Stars
For anyone who enjoys James Cagney, this is a must-see. Yes, it's early in his career, but it's vintage Cagney: cocky, quick-tempered but humorous and likable as always. I was so glad to see it finally come out on DVD in March of 2008.
Instead of being a gangster throughout the story, he starts off that way in New York, runs off to Los Angeles and then goes straight after being hired as a Hollywood extra in a movie. He becomes a star but then his old gang catches up with him and he has to deal with them.
Along the way, three of the supporting actors combine with Cagney to make this a very fast-moving 74-minute film. They are Mae Clark, as the female villain "Myra Gale," Margaret Lindsay at the good woman "Lois Underwood," and Douglass Dumbrille as "Spade," the former leader of the New York gang. All are very convincing in their roles under the able work of director Roy Del Ruth.
You can tell this was a pre-code film just looking at Lindsay's ample cleavage, something that would have been covered up a bit more if the film had been made the following year.
One thing you certainly wouldn't see in today's films was the scene showing Cagney grabbing Clark by the hair and dragging her across the room, then booting her out in the hallway! (This is the same actress who received the famous grapefruit-in-the-face from Cagney in "Public Enemy.")
Anyway, yes the film is dated in much of the dialog and attitudes but it's so entertaining, so much fun to watch that it would still appeal to a good-sized audience today, too.
Summary of Lady Killer
When a movie theater usher is fired he takes up with criminals and finds himself quite adept at various illegal activities. Eventually though the police catch up with him and he runs to hide out in Los Angeles. There he stumbles into the movie business and soon rises to stardom. He has gone straight but his newfound success arouses the interest of his old criminal associates who are not above blackmail...Running Time: 76 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/ROMANTIC COMEDY UPC: 883929002733 Manufacturer No: 1000035748Similar DVD Movies
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