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Picture Snatcher (1933)
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6 May 1933 (USA)
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His camera takes 'em from love nests to Page One before they can bat an eye---or put on a negligee!
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Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia...
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A star vehicle in the very best sense!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | James Cagney | ... | Danny Kean |
 | Ralph Bellamy | ... | J.R. 'Al' McLean |
| Patricia Ellis | ... | Patricia 'Pat' Nolan |
| Alice White | ... | Allison |
| Ralf Harolde | ... | Jerry the Mug |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... | Lieutenant Casey Nolan |
| Robert Barrat | ... | Grover, Graphic News Owner |
| G. Pat Collins | ... | Hennessy the Fireman (as George Pat Collins) |
| Arthur Vinton | ... | John, the Head Keeper |
| Tom Wilson | ... | Leo |
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77 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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The scene of Danny photographing an execution is based an actual incident in which Chicago-based crime photographer Tom Howard (who incidentally, was the grandfather of 'George Wendt') surreptitiously snapped the famous photo of convicted murderess Ruth Snyder's 1927 execution in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the New York Daily News.
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Continuity: During the car chase after Danny has left the execution at Sing Sing, the car loses its' left rear tire. However, in a couple of shots from the front of the vehicle as it careens out of control, the left rear tire is visibly intact.
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[Danny is giving a tour of his newspaper's printing room]
Journalism Student: Yes, here it is - white wood pulp, plain white... Why, today it's raw, but tonight it's cooked with printer's ink, photographic art, the sweat of creative effort. Tomorrow it goes out and hundreds of thousands of men and women feed their starving, mediocre souls on the indiscretions and adventures of others. And then, a little while later, what is it?
Danny Kean: Don't you know? They use it to wrap herring.
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Journalism Student: Yes, here it is - white wood pulp, plain white... Why, today it's raw, but tonight it's cooked with printer's ink, photographic art, the sweat of creative effort. Tomorrow it goes out and hundreds of thousands of men and women feed their starving, mediocre souls on the indiscretions and adventures of others. And then, a little while later, what is it?
Danny Kean: Don't you know? They use it to wrap herring.
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Remade as Escape from Crime (1942)
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My Old Man
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Picture Snatcher isn't one of his greats by any means, but this fast-paced Warner Bros. newspaper movie is a perfect example of why Jimmy Cagney was such a big star in the 30s. It's an unashamed star vehicle built to exploit the star's fast-talking tough-guy charisma, here as a reformed gangster working his way up the ladder on the lowest scandal sheet in town with his ability to snatch the pictures no-one else can get – including one of a woman's execution. The Front Page it's not, but it fits its star like a well-tailored suit and does exactly what it sets out to do: to entertain for 77 minutes. A star vehicle in the very best sense!