{"id":47904,"date":"2020-03-07T22:12:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T05:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47904"},"modified":"2021-01-23T21:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T04:31:58","slug":"angels-over-broadway-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47904","title":{"rendered":"Angels Over Broadway (1940)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s New York for you: put you on a Christmas tree, and then in the alley.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Poster.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn alcoholic, has-been playwright (Thomas Mitchell) offers valuable jewelry to a suicidal embezzler (John Qualen) who has joined forces with a con-artist (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and an aspiring performer (Rita Hayworth) in pulling off a gambling grift &#8212; but will their elaborate ploy work out or cost them their lives?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Con-Artists<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Films<\/li>\n<li>John Qualen Films<\/li>\n<li>Rita Hayworth Films<\/li>\n<li>Suicide<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Mitchell Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nBen Hecht wrote and directed this compact, humanistic thriller about a quartet of down-and-out individuals finding each other one evening and conspiring to pull a fast one on fate.  Memorable character actor John Qualen (a long-time fixture in John Ford films):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1449\" height=\"965\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell.png 1449w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1449px) 100vw, 1449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>is given a meaningful leading role, albeit one which is quickly rivaled by Mitchell&#8217;s likeably boozy wordsmith. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1485\" height=\"965\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1.png 1485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1-1024x665.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Mitchell2-1-415x270.png 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1485px) 100vw, 1485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The series of events that unfold move quickly, and, as Bosley Crowther wrote in his glowing review for <em>The New York Times<\/em>: &#8220;&#8230; it is beautifully compact. Between dark and dawn [Hecht] has set a spare and enormously suspensive story that is as neatly fitted as an O. Henry fable.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1503\" height=\"969\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1.png 1503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1-1024x660.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets3-1-419x270.png 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1503px) 100vw, 1503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lee Garmes&#8217; cinematography is appropriately atmospheric, highlighting the unique sets and claustrophobic setting within which this tale plays out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Hayworth sounds eerily like Marilyn Monroe at times &#8212; though perhaps the comparison is an apt one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine performances by the small ensemble cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1475\" height=\"971\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1.png 1475w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1-1024x674.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets-1-410x270.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1475px) 100vw, 1475px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lee Garmes&#8217; cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Direction-1024x676.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Direction-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Direction-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Direction-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Direction-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Direction.png 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets2-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets2-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets2-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Angels-Over-Broadway-Sets2.png 1471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ben Hecht&#8217;s screenplay <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a nifty little flick. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0032209\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1940\/11\/18\/archives\/the-screen-marlene-dietrich-makes-mischief-again-in-seven-sinners.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcm.com\/this-month\/article\/156445%7C0\/Angels-Over-Broadway.html\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s New York for you: put you on a Christmas tree, and then in the alley.&#8221; Synopsis: An alcoholic, has-been playwright (Thomas Mitchell) offers valuable jewelry to a suicidal embezzler (John Qualen) who has joined forces with a con-artist (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) and an aspiring performer (Rita Hayworth) in pulling off a gambling grift &#8212; but will their elaborate ploy work out or cost them their lives? Genres: Con-Artists Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Films John Qualen Films Rita Hayworth Films Suicide&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47904\"> 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-47904","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\/47904","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=47904"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65462,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47904\/revisions\/65462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}