The Widow from Chicago (1930) (MOD)

The Widow from Chicago (1930) (MOD)It might have been a musical had the studio not done an abrupt about face on the genre and excised all the songs. Or funnier if director Edward Cline (Million Dollar Legs, The Bank Dick) stayed true to his knack for comedy. Or a career uptick for early talkie cutie Alice White had it shown her to greater advantage. But the pre Code crime caper The Widow from Chicago is historic as Edward G. Robinson's first movie at Warner Bros. (First National, to be

prowl Manhattan streets

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racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate

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these debonair daredevils of the air find civilian life somewhat lacking

Several brand new villains for the series are introduced this season: Cosmo Krank/Toymaker

her neighbors burn her house and drive her out of town

she is convicted of the crime but proclaims her innocence

Framed for manslaughter after he breaks a story about city corruption

but those comparisons would soon end

they themselves don't know that they're programmed to blow

But that money will eventually come to Matsukos in an unexpected way