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"The Underworld:" perhaps the first "modern" gangster film and certainly, in 1921, the one that

Posted by tinear on May 30, 2012 at 12:32:33:
started the genre.
The story is quite simple: a drunk is rehabilitated by a gangster boss and falls for the moll, and she for him.
Yes, it's a silent film and, again yes, the score is Velveeta, but the acting is superb, and for 2/3rds of the film, it appears that von Sternberg has crafted a classic.
But don't let my quibble stand in your way: the four principal actors are every bit as good as any working today, and the moll is electrifyingly beautiful and sexy.
(Netflix)