In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, th read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 13, 2017
As its grim title suggests, Each Dawn I Die (1939) is an explosive drama awash in death and violence, as only Warner Brothers' 1930s gangster and prison films could deliver them. William Keighley directs the parade of brutal injustice with James Cagney and George Raft as the chief victims of a horri read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Feb 13, 2017
As its grim title suggests, Each Dawn I Die (1939) is an explosive drama awash in death and violence, as only Warner Brothers' 1930s gangster and prison films could deliver them. William Keighley directs the parade of brutal injustice with James Cagney and George Raft as the chief victims of a horri read more
The Film: James Cagney and George Raft do hard time in Each Dawn I Die.
The Director: William Keighley.
The Stars: James Cagney, George Raft, George Bancroft and Jane Bryan.
Source Material: The novel, "Each Dawn I Die," By Jerome Odlum.
A 1939 newspaper advertisement for E read more
Each Dawn I Die
Directed by William Keighley
Written by Norman Reilly Raine and Warren Duff from the novel by Jerome Odlum
1939/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing; Netflix rental This is an OK prison film with the always enjoyable James Cagney in the lead. Crusading journalist Frank Ross (Cagney) is fra read more
I recently watched a pair of dramas new to Blu-ray from Warner Archive where men find themselves in peril and work around the law as they attempt to save themselves. I was drawn to They Won’t Believe Me (1947) because I liked the cast: Robert Young, Susan Hayward, and Jane Greer. Al read more
