Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 23, 2019

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 13, 2017

As its grim title suggests, Each Dawn I Die (1939) is an explosive drama awash in death and violence, as only Warner Brothers' 1930s gangster and prison films could deliver them. William Keighley directs the parade of brutal injustice with James Cagney and George Raft as the chief victims of...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 13, 2017

As its grim title suggests, Each Dawn I Die (1939) is an explosive drama awash in death and violence, as only Warner Brothers' 1930s gangster and prison films could deliver them. William Keighley directs the parade of brutal injustice with James Cagney and George Raft as the chief victims of...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on February 8, 2014

Each Dawn I Die Directed by William Keighley Written by Norman Reilly Raine and Warren Duff from the novel by Jerome Odlum 1939/USA Warner Bros. First viewing; Netflix rental This is an OK prison film with the always enjoyable James Cagney in the lead. Crusading journalist Frank Ross (Cagney) is...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on November 30, -0001

I recently watched a pair of dramas new to Blu-ray from Warner Archive where men find themselves in peril and work around the law as they attempt to save themselves. I was drawn to They Won’t Believe Me (1947) because I liked the cast: Robert Young, Susan Hayward, and Jane...   read more