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Shirley. He states: "This teacup was once filled with bootleg liquor, then it was filled with the blood of my only friend". He throws the teacup on the ground, smashing it and exclaims, "I'm going to be FREE!". John nervously counts out what Shirley got from Tony and enough for a gun.
507:. "Edward G. Robinson contributes a remarkably forceful portrayal," he wrote, adding that the film was "adroitly done compels attention." He called LeRoy's direction "imaginative and lifelike" and praised the supporting cast: "Preston Foster plays Bud Clark, a rôle he also interpreted on the stage. His acting is capital. Vivienne Osborne is very real as the conscienceless Shirley. J. Carroll Naish makes the most of the part of Tony." In summary, he writes: "In spite of its drab tale, it calls forth admiration, for it never falters".
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638:, in operation from 1904 through 1967. Featured a long list of elaborately themed ballrooms and exotic restaurants: the Old New York lobby, the American Indian Grill Room with artifacts collected with the help of the American Museum of Natural History, a Flemish smoking room, a Pompeiian billiard room, the Hunt Room decorated in sixteenth century German Renaissance style, and many other features.
656:, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, in the film as a "speak", is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in the United States during the Prohibition era of 1920 to 1933. During that time, the sale, manufacture, and transportation (bootlegging) of alcoholic beverages was illegal throughout the United States.
641:"Owl dining car". Bud, when chatting up two girls in the street: "Got anything special on tonight?" Girl: "Yeah, we were just about to get a bite to eat at the Astor." Bud: "You got the Astor mixed up with the owl dining car aintcha?" Girl: "The owl aint so bad at that". What were termed "owl wagons" from 1888, became furnished, fixed, "night owl" branded
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673:Two Seconds
632:Hotel Astor
521:Two Seconds
505:Two Seconds
308:prohibition
265:Two Seconds
225:crime drama
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63:Two Seconds
54:Harvey Thew
41:Directed by
24:Two Seconds
1566:1932 films
1560:Categories
1527:Mary, Mary
1420:Rose Marie
1345:Homecoming
1150:Hi Nellie!
679:References
668:Home media
596:shell game
585:grapefruit
474:Production
407:Guy Kibbee
380:allocution
368:Guy Kibbee
366:played by
304:everything
206:Box office
177:68 minutes
161:1932-05-28
124:Production
95:Sol Polito
51:Written by
1388:Quo Vadis
1337:Desire Me
990:Top Speed
931:Hot Stuff
775:. p. 1246
654:speakeasy
636:Manhattan
528:film noir
512:Variety's
489:Reception
483:Vitaphone
433:as Doctor
409:as Bookie
273:flashback
209:$ 822,000
201:$ 310,000
101:Edited by
66:1931 play
16:1932 film
915:Oh, Kay!
828:AllMovie
557:diamonds
469:as Annie
427:as Judge
317:methanol
300:red cent
222:pre-Code
190:Language
113:Music by
73:Starring
59:Based on
837:at the
802:at the
756:Variety
499:critic
421:as Tony
193:English
182:Country
159: (
126:company
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1265:Escape
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295:Idaho
263:) in
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769:ISBN
705:2024
389:Cast
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