Storyline：This early, seminal gangster film, that opened in New York near the end of 1930, arrived around the same time as a few other prison-crime films, such as MGM""s quintessentialThe Big House (1930)with Wallace Beery, LeRoy""s ownNumbered Men (1930)andI Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932), Howard Hawks""The Criminal Code (1931), andThe Last Mile (1932).Mother and son ran from the exploding inferno and dove into the pool of water, emerging back in the real-world at the foot of Dylan""s bed." Warfield""s sign was removed from in front of theDaily Planetsign.With Warfield only a minority shareholder, Perry had taken over the operation, with new headlines for the reestablished paper: "WE""RE BACK!" Clark (now recovered after claiming a visit from a "pretty good nurse" who gave him "loving attention"), Lois, and Jimmy Olsen attended a news conference held at the United Nations Plaza where Superman was scheduled to speak.A second car arrives, and the newcomers lean into the wind, holding onto their caps.One of the men, identifying himself as a cartographer ("I""m a mapmaker") and not a professional interpreter, David Laughlin (Bob Balaban) is able to "translate French into English and English into French.He rhythmically beat on a drum to emphasize each line of a poetic proclamation that he was reciting:"The old can never last.