Sinners' Holiday
Encyclopedia
Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 crime drama film starring Grant Withers
, Evalyn Knapp
, James Cagney
(in his film debut), Lucille La Verne
, and Joan Blondell
. It is based on the play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer. Both Cagney and Blondell reprised their Broadway roles. A mother runs a penny arcade
at Coney Island
with her family, but one of her sons gets involved in bootlegging
.
felt that the story was credible and that it was refreshing to see a feature that was less than an hour long, and with a concise story, as opposed to unnecessarily long hour-and-a-half features, which had recenlty been released.
Grant Withers
Grant Withers was an American film actor. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with a list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead...
, Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp
Evalyn Knapp was an American film actress of the late 1920s, 1930s, and into the 1940s. She was a leading B-movie serial actress in the 1930s....
, James Cagney
James Cagney
James Francis Cagney, Jr. was an American actor, first on stage, then in film, where he had his greatest impact. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth...
(in his film debut), Lucille La Verne
Lucille La Verne
Lucille La Verne was an American actress known for her appearances in silent, scolding, and vengeful roles in early color films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage....
, and Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell
Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for five decades as Joan Blondell.After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career...
. It is based on the play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer. Both Cagney and Blondell reprised their Broadway roles. A mother runs a penny arcade
Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade may refer to:* Penny arcade, a venue for coin-operated devices* Penny Arcade ** Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, a series of video games based on the webcomic...
at Coney Island
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsula and beach on the Atlantic Ocean in southern Brooklyn, New York, United States. The site was formerly an outer barrier island, but became partially connected to the mainland by landfill....
with her family, but one of her sons gets involved in bootlegging
Rum-running
Rum-running, also known as bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law...
.
Cast
- Grant Withers as Angel Harrigan
- Evalyn Knapp as Jennie Delano
- James Cagney as Harry Delano
- Lucille La Verne as Ma Delano
- Noel MadisonNoel MadisonNoel Madison was an American character actor in the 1930s and '40s and appeared in 75 films, often as a gangster.-Partial filmography:*Sinners' Holiday *Little Caesar *Play-Girl...
as Buck Rogers - Otto HoffmanOtto HoffmanOtto Hoffman was an American film actor. He appeared in 199 films between 1915 and 1944.He was born in New York and died in Los Angeles, California from lung cancer.-Selected filmography:* The Haunted Bedroom...
as George - Warren HymerWarren HymerWarren Hymer was an American film actor. He appeared in 129 films between 1929 and 1946.He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California...
as Mitch McKane - Ray GallagherRay GallagherRay Gallagher was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 95 films between 1912 and 1936.He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Camarillo, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
as Joe Delano - Joan BlondellJoan BlondellRose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for five decades as Joan Blondell.After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career...
as Myrtle - Hank MannHank MannHank Mann was a comedian and silent screen star who is best known as the last surviving member of the Keystone Cops. According to fellow actor and original member of the ensemble Edgar Kennedy, Mann was the originator of the idea for the Keysotne Cops...
as Happy - Purnell PrattPurnell PrattPurnell Pratt was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1914 and 1941.He was born in Bethel, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* On with the Show...
as Detective Sikes (as Purnell B. Pratt)
Reception
TIMETime
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
felt that the story was credible and that it was refreshing to see a feature that was less than an hour long, and with a concise story, as opposed to unnecessarily long hour-and-a-half features, which had recenlty been released.