A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite..
If you have about an hour to kill and you like seeing famous actors before they were actually famous, The Racketeer is worth a look. It is mostly for people who don't mind the hiss and crackle of 1929 audio or the way actors back then used to stand very still so they could talk into a hidden microphone. If you hate mo...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Howard Higgin
Maurice Elvey
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"If you have about an hour to kill and you like seeing famous actors before they were actually famous, The Racketeer is worth a look. It is mostly for people who don't mind the hiss and crackle of 1929 audio or the way actors back then used to stand very still so they could talk into a hidden microphone. If you hate movies that feel like filmed stage plays, you are going to absolutely hate this. But for everyone else, it’s a pretty decent look at how Hollywood was trying to figure out what a 'ta..."
Phillips Smalley
A.A. Kline, Paul Gangelin
United States
