《《Becky Sharp (1935)》》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).How can you?Cathy: What do you know about Heathcliff?Edgar: All I need or want to know.Cathy: He was my friend long before you.Edgar: That blackguard! [meaning ""scoundrel""]Cathy: Blackguard and all.He belongs under this roof and you speak well of him or get out.Edgar: Are you out of your senses?Cathy: Get out I said, or stop calling those I love names.Edgar: ""Those you love?""Cathy: Yes! Yes!Edgar: Cathy, what possesses you? Do you realize the things you""re saying?Cathy: I see that I hate you.As a result, Salazar and his crew immediately returned to their human, mortal selves.The curtains of high seawall water on both sides of he chasm began to slowly fill in and collapse - and threatened the drowning of the now-restored, flesh and blood crew members.There were five different, increasingly over-heated prose styles for his first chapter that he characterized as Romantic, Corny, Profound, Angry, and Sexual.While inside the booth, a young boy (Aaron Smolinski, young Kal-El inSuperman: The Movie (1978)) dropped a quarter in the booth""s slot, and took four pictures of Superman in various stages of changing.