Day: November 22, 2020

• Noirvember Retrospective: The Women of “The Public Enemy”

  

  By Joan Amenn In this early noir classic women are categorized in three ways; the passive and not very bright good girls, the party girls who like to have fun but maybe not break the law and those hard bitten few who walk on the wild side. This last category is personified by the iconic […]

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  November 22, 2020

  Female Characters, Film Reviews, Retrospect Reviews, Reviews

  Beryl Mercer, Film Noir, Film Review, James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Mae Clarke, NOIRVEMBER, Retrospective Review, Rita Flynn, The Public Enemy