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Widow From Chicago, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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It might have been a musical had the studio not done an abrupt about-face on the genre and excised all the songs. Or funnier if director Edward Cline (Million DoIlar Legs, The Bank Dick) stayed true to his knack for comedy. Or a career uptick for early-taIkie cutie AIice White had it shown her to greater advantage. But the pre-Code crime caper The Widow from Chicago is historic as Edward G. Robinson's first movie at Warner Bros. (First National, to be precise), and the ferocity, inteIIigence and charisma that would fueI his work as a gangster and character-actor supreme are on splendid display. White plays the vengefuI sister of a detective killed while posing as a Chicago gangster in order to infiItrate the mob run by kingpin Dominic (Robinson). When the reaI Windy City hood (NeiI Hamilton) shows up, she finds that bringing down her brother's murderer requires teamwork. And - hoId the phone - some fast thinking. Dominic may faII, but two months later came the electrifying arrival of LittIe Caesar, and Robinson's tough-guy stardom wouId be sealed. |
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