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Mia Marvin
Mia Marvin (November 1, 1904 – September 27, 1992) was an American actress best known for her role in ''The Public Enemy'' as the woman who houses and seduces James Cagney. In her entire film career spanning five years she appeared in only three films but never in a credited role. Marvin was the daughter of William Thatcher Marvin and granddaughter of Col. E. J. C. Kewen, California's first attorney general. When she was nine years old, an article in the ''Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Sunday Times'' recognized her for having written two songs and taught herself to play the violin. Before she became an actress, Marvin was a danseuse. Her work on stage included acting in ''No, No, Nanette'' (1925), ''Ladies All'' (1931), and ''Elmer the Great'' (1931) in San Francisco and ''So This Is London'' (1927) in Los Angeles. Marvin was married to Maurice G. Luxford. Filmography References External links * The Public Enemy DVD Commentary track 1904 births 1992 deaths Actres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Public Enemy
''The Public Enemy'' (''Enemies of the Public'' in the UK) is a 1931 American all-talking pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell. The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in prohibition-era urban America. The supporting players include Beryl Mercer, Murray Kinnell, and Mae Clarke. The screenplay is based on an unpublished novel—''Beer and Blood'' by two former newspapermen, John Bright and Kubec Glasmon—who had witnessed some of Al Capone's murderous gang rivalries in Chicago. In 1998, ''The Public Enemy'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot As youngsters in 1900s Chicago, Irish-Americans Tom Powers and his lifelong friend Matt Doyle engage in petty theft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
