Specialty CollectionGenre: 1930s FEATURE FILMS
Description: AKA HOLLYWOOD HOODLUM JUNE CLYDE, FRANK ALBERTSON, JOSE CRESPO, TENEN HOLZ, JOHN DAVIDSON, STANLEY PRICE, CYRIL RING, EDITH TERRY PREUSS. ALBERTSON IS A PUBLICITY AGENT FOR A SMALL STUDIO WHO LOSES HIS JOB JUST AS HE IS PLANNING A BIG BUILD-UP FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE STUDIO TELLS HIM HE'LL BE REHIRED IF HE CAN FIND A WAY TO GET A TROUBLESOME DIRECTOR OFF THE LOT. HE SUCCEEDS, GETS HIS JOB BACK AND HIS GIRL GETS A SHOT AT STARDOM. DRAMA. MOVIE STUDIO. BOSS COMES INTO HIS OFFICE ANGRY. HAS SECRETARY WRITE A LETTER FIRING AN EMPLOYEE. SOUND BITE CLICHE, "GOOD MORNING", "WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT". SMALLER OFFICE, SECRETARY GETS DICTATION OF LETTER. PHONE RINGS, MAN TAKES IT OFF THE HOOK. HEADS OR TAILS. DAMES. MAN GETS FIRED AGAIN. HE YAWNS IN BOREDOM. GETS YELLED AT BUT STAYS CALM. TALKS ABOUT HOW HE DRINKS NOW AFTER THE REPEAL OF PROHIBITION. MAN HAS HIRED A FOREIGN DIRECTOR TO DIRECT A FILM CALLED "RACKETEER". MAN ASKS IF HIS GIRLFRIEND CAN BE IN THE FILM. "IT HURTS ME TO REFUSE YOU". MAN SUGGESTS THAT A REAL GANGSTER PLAY THE PART OF THE GANGSTER IN THE MOVIE. "I'M AN ARTIST" AUTEUR DIRECTOR. MAN ANSWERS TELEPHONE. MAN CUTS PAPER. GIRL HIDES BEHIND DESK. MAN SWINDLES A RAISE. MOVIE PRODUCER. SOUND BYTE CLICHE. "MUM'S THE WORD". MOUNTAIN INN. DINING ROOM OF RESORT WHERE GANGSTERS HANG OUT. MAN GRABS OTHER MAN, PUNCHES HIM TO THE FLOOR. RUNNING OUT OF RESTAURANT. CAR CHASE. BUTLER PRESSES BUTTON. GATE TO MANSION AUTOMATICALLY OPENS FOR MAN AND CLOSES. MAN YELLS FROM TREE. COME IN WITH YOUR HANDS UP. PEOPLE GET PATTED DOWN. HIGH SOCIETY. RICH MAN. MAN LOOKS AT BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH LUST IN HIS EYES. COMES ON TO WOMAN. MAN PULLS OUT CONTRACT FOR MAN TO SIGN. WISE-CRACK MAN. DIRECTOR NAMED SARNOFF. SHHH. QUIET. MEN LAUGH. NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. ACCIDENTALLY ASSAULTED. REAL-LIFE GANGSTER. SOUND BITE CLICHE. "JUST LEAVE IT TO ME, I'LL FIX EVERYTHING". GIRLFRIEND ANGRY. PUSHES HER DOWN, CALLS HER DUMB. SHE CRIES. MAN FLIPS COIN. HEADS OR TAILS. MAN IN HIS DRESSING ROOM PACKING TO LEAVE. GIRL FLIRTS, WANTS THE ACTOR TO STAY SO THAT SHE CAN STAR IN THE FILM. BEHIND-THE-SCENES. FILMING OF MOVIE ON THE SET. ACTORS GO OVER THESE LINES. FILMING ROMANTIC SCENE. GRABS AND KISSES GIRL. DISTRAUGHT PRODUCER. REPORTERS COME IN AND ASK ABOUT THE "GANGSTER" ACTOR. HOODLUM. MAN PREVENTS OTHER MAN FROM MAKING PHONE CALL. MOTORCYCLE ESCORTED CAR. FOLLOW THAT CAR. DICTATES LETTER TO SECRETARY. "FREE" PUBLICITY. PUBLICITY STUNT. SHOOTING FOR CLOSE-UP. ASKS ACTRESS FOR AN INTIMATE DINNER. OFFERS WOMAN A DECOY. GANGSTERS COME IN. SOUND BYTE CLICHE "DON'T MOVE, STICK 'EM UP". CAR SPEEDS OUT OF STUDIO LOT. SOUND BITE "THAT'S A CLEVER IDEA". CAR HONKS ITS HORN TO OPEN GATE. WOMAN BEGS FOR MAN NOT TO BE SHOT. CAR SPEEDS AROUND CORNER, ALMOST HITS ANOTHER CAR. SWERVES. ACCIDENT. MAN LYING ON GROUND. CAR OVERTURNED. KIDNAPPED. POINTS GUN AT MAN. TIES HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK AND PUNCHES HIM. POINT BLANK. CU UNTIES HIS HANDS. MAN GRABS WOMAN. KEEPS PUNCHING MAN. SADISTIC. FIST FIGHT. GUNS GO OFF. HELP! GUN FALLS TO THE FLOOR. STRUGGLE. WOMAN TRIES TO CALL FOR HELP ON THE PHONE. MAN PULLS PHONE OUT. TRIES TO HIT MAN WITH IT. BRAWL. MAN TRIES TO GET THROUGH LOCKED GATE. MAN CLIMBS OVER FENCE. WOMAN SCREAMS FOR HELP, GRABS GUN. POLICE ARRIVE. SOUND BYTE "GOT YOU AT LAST". DIRECTOR RIPS UP CONTRACT.
