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- Classic Film: The Roaring Twenties (1939, 106 min)
11/20/2012, 7:00 pm, Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Avenue
Contact Person : Fran Housten, Cranford Public Library
Phone #: 908-709-7272
Email: cranfordlibrary@gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.cranford.com/library
The Roaring Twenties opens during World War I as doughboys Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney), Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn), and George Hally (Humphrey Bogart) discuss what they will do when the war is over. Bartlett wants to go back to repairing cabs, and Hart yearns to be a lawyer, but it becomes clear that Hally has less reputable plans in mind for himself. Come the end of the war, things are not as easy for veterans like Bartlett as they should be. He is unable to get his old job back and ends up driving a cab for little money. One night he is asked to deliver a package (which turns out to be whiskey) to an address that turns out to be a speakeasy. This starts him on a life of crime, as he gets deeper involved as a bootlegger. James Cagney, one of the great leads of the gangster-movie era, turns in an assured performance in the film, which features one of the most famous death scenes in movie history.—All Rovi
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