An unemployed man hangs around his flat.An unemployed man hangs around his flat.An unemployed man hangs around his flat.
Katharine Alexander
- Ellen
- (as Katherine Alexander)
Arch Hendricks
- First Policeman
- (uncredited)
Pat Kearney
- Jack, the Second Policeman
- (uncredited)
Valli Roberts
- Doris, a Child
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis short film is available as a bonus on the Warner DVD of Little Caesar (1931).
- GoofsGuy refers to his automatic handgun as "the old Army revolver".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
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early Spencer Tracy one-reel short--of historical interest
If you haven't seen this yet, don't read the plot summary. It starts off as a grim, naturalistic story of a starving urban family and the father's struggle to do something to make a change. How surprising to see Spencer Tracy so young and unformed as an actor! I won't give away the surprise ending because, frankly, without the surprise ending the short has little to offer. In only six minutes or so, it has no time to go into depth. Every time I see one of these early 1930's depression-era films that treat the underdog working man with such sympathy, I wonder what has changed so much in our society. Can you imagine any major studio project--other than a foreign import--set in the present time that sides with a working-class character who robs and pulls guns on his victims? Yes, it's another era, isn't it? That's not exactly what happens here, but this short plays on our expectation that that is what WILL happen. An interesting curio. Because TCM does not list shorts on its schedule, I just happened to be setting my TV to tape something on TCM later in the day when I caught the "one reel wonders" intro, and thought I'd hang around to see what it was. And after this, TCM ran an obscure 1930 interview with D.W. Griffith as filler! Great stuff, but is there any way we could find out about them IN ADVANCE, TCM???
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- django-1
- May 1, 2006
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- Runtime6 minutes
- Color
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