I just watched this 1930 film on Turner Classic Movies. I found out that Mae Clarke, the wife of the "Fall Guy," a really pretty girl in 1930, appeared the following year with James Cagney in "The Public Enemy." She was the actress who got the grapefruit shoved into her face. She had a successful career in the "30s.
I really enjoyed the retrospective of 1930 manners, the depiction of life, post-1929, prohibition, hardship, etc. Installment payments on a saxophone were $3.00. Brooklyn tenements were clean. The Irish and the Jewish lived side-by-side. The Irish "Fall Guy" was nice but irresponsible store clerk and his Jewish neighbors operated a fish market. The brother-in-law was a fired truck driver who led himself to believe, although tone deaf, he could support the entire household.
There is something primitive about the film. The acting while sparse and minimalistic was adequate and convincing.
The piece held my attention.
I really enjoyed the retrospective of 1930 manners, the depiction of life, post-1929, prohibition, hardship, etc. Installment payments on a saxophone were $3.00. Brooklyn tenements were clean. The Irish and the Jewish lived side-by-side. The Irish "Fall Guy" was nice but irresponsible store clerk and his Jewish neighbors operated a fish market. The brother-in-law was a fired truck driver who led himself to believe, although tone deaf, he could support the entire household.
There is something primitive about the film. The acting while sparse and minimalistic was adequate and convincing.
The piece held my attention.