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1920s
UNDERWORLD
EVERETT COLLECTION
1927
One of the first movies of its
kind, this silent film guided
the gloomy romanticism
of urban grit and the high
crime dramas of gangsters
well into the decades
that followed. Underworld
received an Oscar at the first
Academy Awards in 1929 for
best screenplay.
RELATED:
THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1928),
THE RACKET (1928)
Evelyn Brent (bottom left) and
Clive Brook (bottom right) star
as “Feathers” McCoy and “Rolls
Royce” Wensel.
FILM
HUFFINGTON
09.30.12