Hollywood and the Stars How to Succeed as a Gangster (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 30 min | Documentary

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Hollywood and the Stars

How to Succeed as a Gangster (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | 30 min | Documentary

Overall look at the gangster films of the 1930's, mainly from Warner Brothers productions with tough guy stars like Bogart and Cagney. Montages of car chases, shootouts and fighting are accompanied by a semi-serious narration following ...See moreOverall look at the gangster films of the 1930's, mainly from Warner Brothers productions with tough guy stars like Bogart and Cagney. Montages of car chases, shootouts and fighting are accompanied by a semi-serious narration following along the subtitle's premise. Newsreel clips show real life criminals like Capone and Dillinger. Written by WesternOne See less

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32 cast members

Name	Known for
Pat O'Brien Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
James Cagney Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
George Raft Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Humphrey Bogart Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Casablanca (1942)
Al Capone Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Joseph Cotten Self - Host / Narrator Self - Host / Narrator See fewer	The Third Man (1949)
John Dillinger Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dillinger: Public Enemy No. 1 (1934)
Clark Gable Nick (clip from Night Nurse (1931)) (archive footage) Nick (clip from Night Nurse (1931)) (archive footage) See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
John Garfield Tommy Gordon (archive footage) Tommy Gordon (archive footage) See fewer	Four Daughters (1938)
Paul Muni Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Scarface (1932)
Edward G. Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
Mickey Rooney Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis (clip from Baby Face Nelson (1957)) (archive footage) Lester M. 'Baby Face Nelson' Gillis (clip from Baby Face Nelson (1957)) (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Spencer Tracy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Abner Biberman Lefty (clip from The Roaring Twenties (1939)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Lefty (clip from The Roaring Twenties (1939)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	His Girl Friday (1940)
Joan Blondell Olga Michaels (archive footage) (uncredited) Olga Michaels (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Grease (1978)
Mae Clarke Kitty (clip from The Public Enemy (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Kitty (clip from The Public Enemy (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Frankenstein (1931)
Jerome Cowan Ed Crowley (clip from Castle on the Hudson (1940)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Ed Crowley (clip from Castle on the Hudson (1940)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Donald Crisp Brother Superior (clip from Brother Orchid (1940)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Brother Superior (clip from Brother Orchid (1940)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Bette Davis Fay Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited) Fay Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Rosemary DeCamp Nellie Cohan (clip from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Nellie Cohan (clip from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
Stanley Fields Sam Vettori (clip from Little Caesar (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Sam Vettori (clip from Little Caesar (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Little Caesar (1931)
Henry Hull 'Doc' Banton (clip from High Sierra (1941)) (archive footage) (uncredited) 'Doc' Banton (clip from High Sierra (1941)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Lifeboat (1944)
George Humbert Luigi (clip from The Roaring Twenties (1939)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Luigi (clip from The Roaring Twenties (1939)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Street Scene (1931)
Walter Huston Jerry Cohan (clip from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Jerry Cohan (clip from Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Ida Lupino Marie (clip from High Sierra (1941)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Marie (clip from High Sierra (1941)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	High Sierra (1940)
Lee Phelps Bartender (clip from The Roaring Twenties (1939)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Bartender (clip from The Roaring Twenties (1939)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Anna Christie (I) (1930)
William Powell Actor in gangster movies (archive footage) (uncredited) Actor in gangster movies (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Thin Man (1934)
Willard Robertson Ragan (clip from Castle on the Hudson (1940)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Ragan (clip from Castle on the Hudson (1940)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Doctor X (1932)
Barbara Stanwyck Lora Hart (archive footage) (uncredited) Lora Hart (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
George E. Stone Otero (clip from Little Caesar (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Otero (clip from Little Caesar (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Edward Woods Matt Doyle (clip from The Public Enemy (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Matt Doyle (clip from The Public Enemy (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Public Enemy (1931)
William Worthington Warden (clip from Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Warden (clip from Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Clock (1917)