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Today's episode is my conversation about the 1930 film The Doorway to Hell I'm joined by Jeff Kramer who writes The Death Star Human Resources Department Newsletter, and we talk about comparisons between being a mobster and being in war, the decision to show a child being seriously injured in a film of this era, and what happens when the police detective knows something about the gangster's love interest that the gangster himself doesn't know.

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Other films mentioned in this episode include:

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone directed by Chris Columbus
• The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola
• Heat directed by Michael Mann
• All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone
• Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese
• The Leatherneck directed by Howard Higgin
• Gone with the Wind directed by Victor Fleming
• Yankee Doodle Dandy directed by Michael Curtiz
• Dracula directed by Tod Browning
• Frankenstein directed by James Whale
• Scarface (1932) directed by Howard Hawks
• Avengers: Doomsday directed by Joe and Anthony Russo
• Disraeli directed by Alfred E. Green
• Casino directed by Martin Scorsese
• The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese

Other referenced topics:

• London Calling (play) by Geoffrey Kerr
• A Handful of Clouds (play) by Rowland Brown
• The Simpsons (series)
• New York Times review
• Variety review
• Danny Reid on pre-code.com

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