- Title: V-A0473
- Summary: BORN TO GAMBLE: FOUR BROTHERS FIGHT AN INHERITED WEAKNESS FOR GAMBLING. THREE MEET TRAGIC FATES, BUT THE YOUNGEST (WHO ALSO PLAYS AN OLD-TIME GAMBLER) BEATS THE ODDS, AVENGING HIS BROTHERS' MURDER ALONG THE WAY. DEPRESSING MELODRAMA. DOUBLE CROSSES BAD GUY. LOSES ALL HIS MONEY. GLOVED HAND WITH GUN STICKS OUT OF CURTAIN. MAN SHOT DEAD. GUN DROPPED. LAWYER TALKS TO JURY. JURY RETURNS WITH DECISION. NOT GUILTY. PIANO STOREROOM. DAD WITH CLIPBOARD. UPSET, SURPRISED EXPRESSION. FATHER HAS NO MONEY, COMPLETELY BROKE. TAKING INVENTORY. THEY TRY TO PUSH PIANO. FATHER COLLAPSES. HIS HEART, LOOSEN HIS COLLAR. DAD SITS IN WHEELCHAIR READING BOOK. GRANDCHILD. LITTLE BOY TELLS JOKE.
- Description:00:01:17 - CITY BUILDING EXT. MEN'S CLUB. 00:01:26 - SITTING IN PARLOUR DRINKING BRANDY, TALKING ABOUT THE DEPRESSION. COUNTRY CLUB. 00:04:56 - FLASHBACK TO TURN OF THE CENTURY. MAN GAMBLING IN LOG CABIN. 00:04:59 - MAN RIDES UP TO SALOON, RUSHES IN LOOKING FOR MAN. 00:05:17 - VERY IMPORTANT. RICH CITY MAN GAMBLES WITH COUNTRY FOLK. ACCUSED OF CHEATING AT THE CARDS. 00:05:54 - ACE OF SPADES. 00:07:32 - ANGRY MAN BUSTS IN. HOLDS GUN UP TO MAN. 00:08:17 - BURNS MAN'S BUN HAND WITH CIGAR. 00:09:49 - GENTLEMAN. GUN DUEL BACK TO BACK. MEN WATCH. MEN SHOOT EACH OTHER. 00:10:55 - RUN TO HELP MAN. DIES IN MAN'S ARMS. 00:11:25 - MAN TELLS STORY. 00:12:48 - BOYS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO. BOY ON BICYCLE. BOYS BET. 00:14:08 - PULLING WAGON. TOYS THROWN INTO WAGON AS IT IS PULLED ALONG STREET. WHOLE CROWD OF BOYS TALK TO GUY SITTING ON STOOP OF POOL HALL. TOUGH KID. 00:15:18 - THEY ALL GO INTO ALLEY. LITTLE KID BETS THAT HE CAN BEAT UP BIG KID. 00:15:33 - FIGHTING IN THE ALLEY. KIDS CHEER THEM ON. KNOCKS DOWN BIG KID. 00:16:33 - KIDS COME HOME WITH A LOT OF STUFF. BOYS ACT SICK. SOCIETY FOLKS. PARENTS COME OVER AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BOYS GAMBLING. 00:17:40 - PIPE DROPS ON FLOOR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH YOU BOYS. 00:18:05 - ROLLING DICE IN BEDROOM. CRAPS. BABY IN CRIB WANTS TO PLAY TOO. CLAPS. TURNS OUT LIGHTS AND PRETENDS TO BE ASLEEP. PARENTS COME INTO CHECK ON KIDS. SMILE TO SEE BABY PLAYING CRAPS. 00:19:29 - PRESIDENT OF PIANO COMPANY. 00:19:39 - MAN AT DESK READS LETTER THAT HIS SON IS EXPELLED FROM COLLEGE FOR GAMBLING. OTHER SON COMES IN TO HEAR THE NEWS. BOY GETS IN TROUBLE FOR FORGING A CHECK. 00:23:31 - ADVENTURE, EXCITEMENT, ROMANCE. 00:23:55 - SECRETARY NEEDS MAN TO SIGN SOMETHING. 00:24:13 - MOTHER READS LETTER. UPSET. 00:25:44 - MAN SIPS LIQUOR AT POSH SOCIETY DINNER. SONS SIT AROUND TABLE WITH DAD. 00:26:35 - LIGHTS DAD'S CIGARETTE. SON HAS JOINED THE MILITARY. SHOWS MEDAL ABOUT THE LUSITANIA. 00:28:04 - STOCK OFFICE PRESIDENT. BROTHER COMES TO VISIT EXECUTIVE BROTHER. WANTS A $10,000 LOAN. 00:29:43 - SHOT OF LIQUOR. 00:29:56 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. 00:30:09 - SENIOR PROM. COUPLES DANCE. JITTERBUG. 00:30:23 - BOY AND GIRL TALK. SHE SMILES. HE HAS A HARD TIME SAYING SOMETHING. SHE GETS DISAPPOINTED. 00:31:21 - GOING IN CAR TOGETHER. ROMANTIC. COLD FEET. TAKES GIRL HOME. 00:32:25 - CHUCKLES AS HE WALKS DOWN PORCH. 00:33:10 - MAN WITH MONOCLE. GUESTS FOR DINNER. AFTER-DINNER BRANDY. GIRL'S FATHER. 00:34:03 - GIRL STIRS COFFEE WITH WRONG HAND. HOLDING HANDS UNDER THE TABLE. 00:35:01 - BUTLER COMES IN. PHONE CALL , BOY EXCUSES HIMSELF. 00:35:35 - THEY GO INTO PARLOR. WHISPERS IN GIRL'S EAR. ROMANTIC KISS. PASSIONATE EMBRACE. 00:37:14 - BUTLER HELPS HIM ON WITH COAT. 00:37:23 - GIRL PLAYS PIANO. SWEETHEART. 00:37:26 - THUD AND WINDOW BROKEN. 00:37:36 - MAN DEAD ON WALK OUTSIDE OF HOUSE. FATHER UPSET. CRIES ON THE BODY. 00:38:43 - RACKETEERING GANGSTER HIT. 00:39:32 - UNSOLVED MURDER HEADLINE. 00:39:45 - SECRETARY ANNOUNCES VISITOR. 00:40:34 - MAN IN HOTEL ROOM DRINKING AND GAMBLING ON HORSES. 00:41:13 - HORSE RACE. RACE TRACK. CROWD OF SPECTATORS. PEOPLE ON LINE BETTING. 00:41:42 - PRETENDS TO ACCIDENTALLY BUMP INTO MAN. HOT TIP. 00:42:38 - PEOPLE CHEER. 00:42:56 - GREAT CU SHOTS OF HORSES RACING. 00:43:25 - COLLECTING WINNINGS. HANDSHAKE. 00:43:54 - DARK ALLEY. RINGS DOORBELL. SPEAKEASY. PEEP-HOLE. CASINO GAMBLING. CHECKS HIS HAT AND COAT. 00:45:05 - CU MAN PRESSING BUTTON ON RIGGED ROULETTE WHEEL. 00:45:17 - CHEATING. PLACING BETS ON CRAP TABLE. BLACKJACK. SLEIGHT OF HAND. MAN SLIPS CARD UNDER SILL. MAN SHAKES HIS HEAD IN DISAPPOINTMENT. 00:46:27 - YOU SURE GET AWAY WITH MURDER. 00:48:07 - HANDS MONEY TO BALD THUG. THANKS BOSS. 00:50:48 - MAN LEAVES APARTMENT BUILDING. NEWSBOY. MURDER TRIAL. 00:51:18 - SWORN IN. 00:52:02 - MAN PACES IN OFFICE SMOKING CIGARETTE. 00:54:51 - GOOD GENERIC GANGSTER SHOT. CU GUN BEING FIRED FROM BEHIND CURTAIN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1935
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: V-A0473