Olio

The theme for this week’s Olio is Warner Brothers gangster films from the 1930s and 40s.

1. In The Public Enemy who is the actress who suddenly gets a grapefruit to the face, courtesy of James Cagney?

2. Cagney yells “Made it ma! Top of the world!” at the fiery end of what 1949 film?

3. Humphrey Bogart played Duke Mantee in the 1936 film adaptation of what Robert E. Sherwood play?

4. “R-I-C-O! Rico! That’s who!” is yelled by Edward G. Robinson in what 1935 gangster classic?

5. Before becoming a star in gangster films, Edward G. Robinson excelled in what profession?

6.  Who directed The Roaring Twenties?

7. “He used to be a big shot” is the famous last line from The Roaring Twenties. Who said it?

8. Cagney grew up with what real life New York gangster?

9. Who played disillusioned writer Alan Squier in The Petrified Forest?

10. After The Roaring Twenties, Cagney did not appear in another  gangster film for nearly ten years. What was it?

For the answers to this week’s Olio, see the print edition of the September 7 Somerville News.