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Mobster Movies

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Correct title for this ECHO BRIDGE set is MOBSTER CLASSICS Vol. 1.

EB superimposes a company logo on-screen at infrequent intervals. Dubs are of well-used celluloid, probably from antique 16mm TV broadcast prints. All here look fairly worn. Featured are movies not currently in wide circulation. Of especial interest is a now-archaic 1929 talkie that co-stars Carole Lombard.


SYNOPSES--

ESCAPE BY NIGHT - Fugitive gang renounces crime and turn their boss in to law enforcement after hiding out on a
farm owned by a noble, elderly blind man.

GANG BULLETS - Asst. D.A. (Kent) goes undercover to obtain indicting evidence against a brutal mob boss (Wallace). The act is so convincing, his girlfriend (Nagel) and an incorruptible cop attempt to tie him for real to organized crime.

GANGSTER'S BOY - High school honor student's politician dad is ostracized by their community as an ex-bootlegger, so he (Warwick) and son (Cooper) work to rehabilitate his image.

RACKETEER - Cash-strapped society dame (Lombard) weds a mobster (Armstrong) in a deal to get money that will help the concert pianist (Drew) that she really loves return to performing.


Volume 2 of ECHO BRIDGE's MOBSTER CLASSICS includes "Baby Face Morgan" (1942), "Boss of Big Town" (1942), "Gangs Inc." (1941) and "Lady Gangster" (1942).


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll ratings.

(6.1) Escape By Night (1937) - William Hall/Anne Nagel/Dean Jagger/Ward Bond

(5.7) Gang Bullets (1938) - Anne Nagel/Robert Kent/Charles Trowbrigde/Morgan Wallace/J. Farrell MacDonald (uncredited: Hal Price/Frank Nelson-voice only)

(6.6) Gangster's Boy (1938) - Jackie Cooper/Robert Warwick/Lucy Gilman/Louise Lorimer/Tommy Wonder (uncredited: Hooper Atchley)

(5.7) The Racketeer (1929) - Robert Armstrong/Carole Lombard/Roland Drew/Paul Hurst/Hedda Hopper/Bobby Dunn

Transfer quality of ECHO BRIDGE 4 movie packs is good, although film stock is not always in the best of condition. A bargain price also makes these small collections attractive. All titles are contained on a single-side (dual layered?) disc.

This first entry in their MOBSTER CLASSICS series features movies not currently in wide circulation. Of especial interest is a now-archaic 1929 talkie that co-stars Carole Lombard.


SYNOPSES for "Mobster Classics V.1"--

ESCAPE BY NIGHT - Fugitive gang renounces crime and turn their boss in to law enforcement after hiding out on a farm owned by a noble, elderly blind man.

GANG BULLETS - Asst. D.A. (Kent) goes undercover to obtain indicting evidence against a brutal mob boss (Wallace). The act is so convincing, his girlfriend (Nagel) and an incorruptible cop attempt to tie him for real to organized crime.

GANGSTER'S BOY - High school honor student's politician dad is ostracized by their community as an ex-bootlegger, so he (Warwick) and son (Cooper) work to rehabilitate his image.

RACKETEER - Cash-strapped society dame (Lombard) weds a mobster (Armstrong) in a deal to get money that will help the concert pianist (Drew) that she really loves return to performing.


Volume 2 of ECHO BRIDGE's MOBSTER CLASSICS includes "Baby Face Morgan" (1942), "Boss of Big Town" (1942), "Gangs Inc." (1941) and "Lady Gangster" (1942).


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll ratings.

(6.1) Escape By Night (1937) - William Hall/Anne Nagel/Dean Jagger/Ward Bond

(5.8) Gang Bullets (1938) - Anne Nagel/Robert Kent/Charles Trowbrigde/Morgan Wallace/J. Farrell MacDonald (uncredited: Hal Price/Frank Nelson-voice only)

(7.2) Gangster's Boy (193) - Jackie Cooper/Robert Warwick/Lucy Gilman/Louise Lorimer/Tommy Wonder (uncredited: Hooper Atchley)

(5.8) Racketeer (1929) - Robert Armstrong/Carole Lombard/Roland Drew/Paul Hurst/Hedda Hopper/Bobby Dunn

I have a 16 set I bought for $10. I love old black n white movies since I was a kid
back in the 70's. I still love them. I figured some of these would be good but I like
all of them. Some are great some okay but none are BAD. Of course the quality is not
perfect and they are cheaply made movies by small studios. If you remember old movies
on the late show that's the quailty. Pretty good. None are terrible. There are many
famous actors who started in these movies. The plots vary from film noir, bank robbers,
mob stories, and dragnet type movies with narration. If you like movies with good stories
and acting and not so worried about high tech quality special effects you'll love these.

I really like this type of movies over all the rest and these are good.