{"id":12048,"date":"2021-09-03T20:46:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T03:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/?p=12048"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:58:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T18:58:33","slug":"film-noir-friday-returns-with-lady-gangster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/?p=12048","title":{"rendered":"Film Noir Friday Returns with LADY GANGSTER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome! After a lengthy hiatus, the lobby of the Deranged L.A. Crimes theater is open. Grab a bucket of popcorn, some Milk Duds and a Coke and find a seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight\u2019s feature is LADY GANGSTER starring Faye Emerson,<\/a> Julie Bishop<\/a>, Frank Wilcox <\/a>and, in one of his first film roles, Jackie Gleason<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a remake of the original 1933 film, LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT<\/a>, starring Barbara Stanwyck<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie is based on a play by actress and writer, Dorothy Mackaye<\/a>. Dorothy was not a gangster or a gun moll. She took her inspiration from her time in San Quentin for compounding a felony. The felony was the beating death of her husband, Ray Raymond<\/a>, by her lover, Paul Kelly<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fatal Hollywood love triangle was headline news, and I plan to cover it in the book I am working on for the University Press of Kentucky<\/a>. The subject of the book is crime in Prohibition Los Angeles–one of my favorite topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the movie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dot Burton, an aspiring actress, helps a gang of bank robbers to hold up a bank. The men escape but the police are suspicious of Dot’s actions and arrest her. District Attorney Lewis Sinton asks Dot to turn state’s evidence, but she continues to plead her innocence. Radio broadcaster Kenneth Phillips sees a newspaper article about Dot’s case and broadcasts a statement lambasting the district attorney for arresting her while the real criminals go free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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