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This famed
Josef' Von Sternberg Silent was one of Paramount Pictures Major Hit's of 1927. Among the very first of the Big Gang-Land type Pictures, proceeding both
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS, with
Lon Chaney, and Lewis Milestone's
THE RACKET with
Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, and Marie Prevost, the following year.
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The brutish
George Bancroft Starrs as a brash overconfident Gangster named "Bull Weed". An overbearing type, with allot of Hair, who laughs at most everything. Not a very serious minded fellow. Believes that He is a might to clever, and always one step ahead in any situation.
Sassy Evelyn Brent is "Feathers" McCoy his "Sweet Tootsie", and
Clive Brook is "Rolls Royce" the
recovering alcoholic that Bull
fishes out of the gutter, to become
his "Right Hand Man". Bancroft is hard to like, Rolls, is easy to like, and Feathers, well, "What's Not to Like?"
Brent falls for the made over Ex-Drunk in a Big-way, and Vice-Versa. Bull routinely get's away with everything, even
Robbing Banks, and boast's
"They'll Never Get Me!, Besides all I do is Help people!" For some reason, He fancies himself quite the philanthropist?
For all his bravado, eventually Bull gets caught, and is sentenced to the maximum penalty. At an Annual Bash for the elite Mob set, He gun's down a particularly loathsome rival who tried to Rape his girl! No solace this time, Bull is Sunk!
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On the night of
The "Hanging", Bull
busts out of "The Slammer", to even the score with "Roll's" who stole Feathers away from him, and presumably is content to let him die!
The papers have turned Weed into a laughing stock! Rubbing it in how He was
Jilted, for his
Butler, and Erand Boy! This film has many plot twist's and turns, with a
violent Shoot-Out for an ending!
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Very good quality print, multi-tinted, but with horrible modern sounding music! That's why I am subbing my own score for this one. Had this DVD for about a year, but never watched it until just last night.
Fading Comic Star Larry Semon, who I'll freely admit I have not seen allot of, has a key supporting role in
UNDERWORLD, and is quite good. Minus his trademark-White Face. This was one of if not, his final Motion-Picture appearance? Since
Semon died in 1928. Has anybody else here, seen this movie before???
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