{"id":44198,"date":"2019-07-29T19:25:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T02:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44198"},"modified":"2021-01-21T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:04:08","slug":"city-streets-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44198","title":{"rendered":"City Streets (1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;re lucky your boyfriend ain&#8217;t mixed up in no racket.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Poster-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Poster-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Poster-128x101.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Poster.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe daughter (Sylvia Sidney) of a racketeer (Guy Kibbee) goes to prison after he shoots his boss and hands her the gun. When Sidney&#8217;s sharpshooter boyfriend (Gary Cooper) gives up his dreams of a circus career to earn money working for her new boss (Paul Lukas), Sidney worries about their future &#8212; especially when Lukas expresses more interest in her than in his jealous moll (Wynne Gibson).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>Gary Cooper Films<\/li>\n<li>Paul Lukas Films<\/li>\n<li>Rouben Mamoulian Films<\/li>\n<li>Sylvia Sidney Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRouben Mamoulian&#8217;s follow-up to his visually innovative talkie <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=34493\"><em>Applause<\/em> (1929)<\/a> was this early gangster film, based on a short story by Dashiell Hammett. Sidney is luminous in her breakthrough role, nicely inhabiting a complex female character far removed from her portrayal the following year as a doomed factory worker in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5902\"><em>An American Tragedy<\/em> (1932)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney9.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her character here is first introduced through a complicit wink she exchanges with her father (Kibbee, solid in his part): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Kibbee-Wink.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>before insistently nagging Cooper to join her in a life of crime. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2-1024x756.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2-1024x756.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cooper2.png 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She remains solid as steel while taking the rap for her &#8216;Pop&#8217;, only gradually revealing her softer side. Mamoulian (assisted by DP Lee Garmes) once again displays highly evocative visuals, as well as a unique voiceover while Sidney is in prison; this one is worth a look despite the disappointingly far-fetched ending. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sylvia Sidney as Nan<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Sidney-Cinematography.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lee Garmes&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1-1024x769.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography2-1.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1-1024x753.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1-1024x753.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1-367x270.png 367w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/City-Streets-Cinematography-1.png 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, for Mamoulian&#8217;s innovative direction and Sidney&#8217;s performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0021750\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1931\/04\/18\/archives\/beer-and-crime.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/city-streets\/review\/110968\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/71014\/city-streets#articles-reviews?articleId=354709\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re lucky your boyfriend ain&#8217;t mixed up in no racket.&#8221; Synopsis: The daughter (Sylvia Sidney) of a racketeer (Guy Kibbee) goes to prison after he shoots his boss and hands her the gun. When Sidney&#8217;s sharpshooter boyfriend (Gary Cooper) gives up his dreams of a circus career to earn money working for her new boss (Paul Lukas), Sidney worries about their future &#8212; especially when Lukas expresses more interest in her than in his jealous moll (Wynne Gibson). Genres, Themes,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44198\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44198"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64898,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44198\/revisions\/64898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}