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“A Tiny Case of Abolish” represented a welcome change of walk in 1938 for Edward G Robinson whereby he was able to send up his gangster image. Robinson plays Remy Marcos, a bootlegger during prohibition who goes straight with its repeal and into the legitimate brewery business. The only plight is that his beer tastes lousy and business is dreadful now that the suckers are not forced to catch his product through strong arm tactics.
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The film was written by Damon Runyon, among others, and it reflects this with the slang and wealth of “miniature” characters which maintain the film. The premise of the crook trying to go straight is a intellectual inferior for the hilarious comedy which follows, including Remy’s wife Ruth Donnelly, flicking between highbrow talk and slang as she goes up market and estimable abet from Allen Jenkins, Ed Brophy and others as thugs who have to toe the line. Even one of the Lifeless Demolish Kids appears as the child from the Orphanage Remy grew up in and chosen to exhaust a month in Remy’s house. The scene at the orphanage with Margaret Hamilton, “Ain’t changed a bit, as slick as a horse hair couch” says Remy to her, is as comic as anything in any film of the thirties. Also, the scene when the boys discuss the disposal of 4 stupid bodies is side splitting. As the location progresses, the jokes pile up, one after another, never letting up suitable to the proper accomplish.
The DVD print is good and there is the usual estimable list of extras which Warner Brothers offer on their DVDs. The documentary commentary is more spellbinding than the hesitant and repetitive drone of the verbal commentary which can be played with the film. A pity too, because the commentator has some worthwhile observations to do and places the film squarely in its context of the 1938 Warner Brother’s production line.
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If the DVD is purchased as share of the Warner’s Tough Guys Collection of which it is the forgotten gem, it is titanic value.
“A Little Case of Cancel” led me to comparisons with “Arsenic and Veteran Lace”. Maybe it’s the bothersome corpses, the underworld characters, the clueless relatives, or the bumbling law enforcement characters but there is definitely a similarity. Most of all, the similarity is that the movies are quite silly and very delicious. “Arsenic and Extinct Lace” scores higher in my book due to the quality of the acting, directing and writing but both are well worth the time. Most people are aquainted with “Extinct Lace” and, if not, it’s fairly available . This was the first oppotunity I had to recognize “A Diminutive Case of Slay”.
The best fraction of ASCOM is the preformance of Edward G. Robinson; one of the tremendous actors of the 30’s and 40’s. He plays a reliable “heavy” yet fits fair in with the humor. The only other name in the cast that I recognized was the wisenheimer sidekick character actor Allen Jenkins. The place, written in share by Damon Runyon, has a Prohibition bootlegger go legitimate after booze was legalized again. When the bootlegger (Robinson) had a monopoly, it didn’t matter what his beer tasted like. Once the professionals got wait on into the market, no one wanted his sign. So the money problems mount up, he’s in debt, his daughter is going to secure married and he has to pay off his loan or lose everything. The stage is location for a lot of tantalizing twists and turns.
If ASCOM has a short coming (and this wouldn’t have mattered worthy succor in 1937) it’s that some of what we are asked to earn is a bit too noteworthy. I’m distinct fans of “CSI” would have a fit with the outcome. However, the movie puts us in a mood to relax and indulge in so why bother with such details. “A Petite Case of Destroy” is one of those films I like to call a retro-sleeper.
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