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Lady Killer (1933) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by Roy Del Ruth and produced by Henry Blanke.

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The James Cagney Blogathon: Lady Killer (1933)

By shadowsandsatin on Apr 7, 2013 From Shadows and Satin

Before I began working on this post, I’d seen Lady Killer (1933) only once – many years ago. And in all this time, one scene stuck with me. It was because of my memory of that scene that I selected this film for the James Cagney Blogathon. But I’ll get to that a little later. In Lady Killer, C... Read full article

Lady Killer (1933) (2)

By Lindsey on Apr 3, 2013 From The Motion Pictures

(Image: Doctor Macro) Dan Quigley (James Cagney) is a movie usher who loses his job because he isn’t measuring up to the standards of the boss. He’s late for the line-up at the beginning of his shift, and he’s been caught using the restroom on the mezzanine floor. (Oh, the horror!)... Read full article

Lady Killer (1933) (1)

By Angela on Nov 28, 2010 From Hollywood Revue

When Dan Quigley (James Cagney) loses his job as an usher in a movie theater, he turns to running a dice game in a hotel lobby.  While in the hotel one day, he spots the lovely Myra Gale (Mae Clarke) sitting in the lobby and as she gets up to leave, she drops her purse.  Dan follows her to return ... Read full article

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Lady Killer Quotes:

Myra Gale: [preparing to pour a drink for Dan] How much?
Dan Quigley: Oh, about two ounces,one for each kidney.
Myra Gale: [handing him the drink] Here. Oh, uh, chaser?
Dan Quigley: Always have been.
[they laugh]
Dan Quigley: Funny fella.
Spade Maddock: [admiring an 8 x 10 of Lois Underwood] Friend a yours? You been rubbing noses with all the big shots in the picture business.
Dan Quigley: [chuckling] We'll call it noses if you like.
Spade Maddock: [discussing diamond-studded Mrs. Marley at the gang's speakeasy] C'mere - take a gander at her.
Dan Quigley: [eyeing her through a peephole] Did you say "gander?" I wonder how she'd go for a goose.
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Lady Killer Facts
Both George Blackwood as "Escort" and John Marsden as "Kendall" are listed in studio records/casting call lists, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. A modern source lists 'Sam Ash' as "Hood,' but that role was played by Lew Harvey.
When Myra (Mae Clarke) is reading from the California travel brochure, she gets a worried look on her face when she reads "Grapefruit." This is a reference to The Public Enemy (which also stars James Cagney and Clarke) where Cagney's character pushes a grapefruit into the face of hers.
After James Cagney, dressed as a native American, dismounts a mechanical horse, he finds it painful to sit down in Lois' dressing room. When she enters and asks him what he's made up for, Cagney, who was fluent in Yiddish, responds "Big Chief Es Tut Mir Veh im Tuchas," which delicately translated means "Big Chief It Hurts My Rear End."
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