Picture Snatcher (1933) | |
| Director(s) | Lloyd Bacon |
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| Top Genres | Crime, Drama |
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Picture Snatcher (1933) was a Drama - Crime Film directed by Lloyd Bacon .
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Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "Picture Snatcher" and "Escape From Crime"
By David on Sep 27, 2014 From The Man on the Flying TrapezeIf you removed the atmosphere of breezy amorality from the 1933 film "Picture Snatcher," you wouldn't have much of a movie. And, sure enough, the 1942 film "Escape From Crime" isn't much of a movie. Both films are based on an original story by Danny Ahearn, but "Picture Snatcher" has that cheerful... Read full article
Pre-Code vs Post-Code: "Picture Snatcher" and "Escape From Crime"
By David on Sep 27, 2014 From The Man on the Flying TrapezeIf you removed the atmosphere of breezy amorality from the 1933 film "Picture Snatcher," you wouldn't have much of a movie. And, sure enough, the 1942 film "Escape From Crime" isn't much of a movie. Both films are based on an original story by Danny Ahearn, but "Picture Snatcher" has that cheerful... Read full article
"Picture Snatcher," or Cagney and Racy
By David on Nov 12, 2012 From The Man on the Flying TrapezeWhenever I talk about my love for old James Cagney movies, my kids remind me of this clip from "Family Guy": To them, those movies are little more than that -- people in out-of-style clothes speedtalking to each other. To me, they're fast-moving star vehicles with a streetwise style, sharp wi... Read full article
"Picture Snatcher," or Cagney and Racy
By David on Nov 12, 2012 From The Man on the Flying TrapezeWhenever I talk about my love for old James Cagney movies, my kids remind me of this clip from "Family Guy": To them, those movies are little more than that -- people in out-of-style clothes speedtalking to each other. To me, they're fast-moving star vehicles with a streetwise style, sharp wi... Read full article
Picture Snatcher (1933) (2)
By Lindsey on Jul 11, 2012 From The Motion PicturesI’m a sucker for awesome DVD covers, and this one made it an absolute certainty that I needed to add Picture Snatcher to my collection. (Image via crslatnick.com, cropped by TMP) Danny Kean (James Cagney) is fresh off of a prison sentence and has a long track record of criminal involvement. Th... Read full article
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Journalism Student: Yes, here it is - white wood pulp, plain white... Why, today it's raw, but tonight it's cooked with printer's ink, photographic art, the sweat of creative effort. Tomorrow it goes out and hundreds of thousands of men and women feed their starving, mediocre souls on the indiscretions and adventures of others. And then, a little while later, what is it?
Danny Kean: Don't you know? They use it to wrap herring.
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First cinema film of Vaughn Taylor.
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