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chaptertwo-thepacnw · 7 months
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jewel robbery |1932|
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marlenchen · 22 days
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Jewel Robbery (1932)
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byneddiedingo · 7 months
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Kay Francis and William Powell in Jewel Robbery (William Dieterle, 1932)
Cast: William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson, Hardie Albright, Alan Mowbray, André Luguet, Henry Kolker, Spencer Charters, Lee Kohlmar, Clarence Wilson. Screenplay: Erwin Gelsey, based on a play by Ladislas Fodor and a translation by Bertram Bloch. Cinematography: Robert Kurrle. Art direction: Robert M. Haas. Film editing: Ralph Dawson. Music: Bernhard Kaun.
Jewel Robbery is a perfect storm of what would be taboos under the Production Code: Not only does it condone adultery and let crime go unpunished, but it also allows William Powell's jewel thief -- pardon me, robber -- to slip a cigarette laced with an uncommonly potent strain of cannabis to the jewelry store guard, thereby violating the forthcoming ban on drug references in movies. (We are assured that, after a case of the giggles, the guard will fall sound asleep to wake refreshed with no hangover but the munchies.) The adulteress is Baroness Teri (Kay Francis), a golddigger who has married the aging Baron von Horhenfels (Henry Kolker) for his money, while carrying on a liaison with the much younger cabinet member Paul (Hardie Albright). Unfortunately, as Teri tells her confidante Marianne (Helen Vinson), Paul is a bit of a bore. She makes the best of it, however, swanning around in gowns designed by Orry-Kelly that defy the law of gravity and raking in the jewels her husband provides. Which leads her to the jewelry store that is about to be robbed and to the robber himself, with whom she swiftly falls in love. The rest is a story of crime and absence of punishment that ends well for Teri and her thief -- uh, robber. Francis and Powell were never better, and there's a good deal of charm and wit to the film. It could have been directed with a lighter touch: William Dieterle is better known for the somewhat stuffy biopics The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), and Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), and he doesn't have the Viennese insouciance that the script needs. But he lets his actors provide that, with good results.
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ehgood-enough · 1 year
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Jewel thief was nothing like I expected. It was fun and sexy and exciting.
I am really loving Kay Francis. She’s really charismatic. The roles I’ve seen her in have all been great
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juniper-girl · 8 months
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Kay Francis in Jewel Robbery (William Dieterle, 1932)
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notesonfilm1 · 2 years
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Cinema Rediscovered 2022, Day Three -- Round-up 2
Cinema Rediscovered 2022, Day Three — Round-up 2
We discuss the second of our full day of viewing at Cinema Rediscovered, and name-check a wonderful introduction to The Joker by Matthew Sweet. We discuss The Laws of Love/ Gesetze Der Liebe, Jewel Robbery, The Afterlight, Queen Christina, Harold and Maud…. and much else. Developing thoughts and questions include: are they showing enough great films? We’ve had a very enjoyable time so far, and…
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poirott · 2 years
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Hercule Poirot, Captain Hastings, Miss Lemon and Chief Inspector Japp
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT (1989 - 2013)
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Into the Night (1985)
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if-you-fan-a-fire · 1 year
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“SEVEN YEARS WITH LASHES FOR M. SIMONS,” Brantford Expositor. November 4, 1932. Page 6. ---- Justice Moved Swiftly for Brantford Jewel Thief ---- His Wife Is Under Arrest Here Pending Investigation ---- Justice moved with bewildering speed to-day for Milton Simons, Brantford man, who was captured here yesterday, after robbing Land’s jewelry store at Hamilton of $2500 in jewels and cash. Pleading guilty to two charges of robbery while armed, he was sentenced to-day to seven years in Portsmouth penitentiary on each charge, the terms to run concurrently, and to receive 12 lashes six to be inflicted at the end of three months and six at the end of six months.
On a charge of stealing a taxicab, Simons pleaded not guilty. The charge was changed to one of taking a car without the consent of the owner and Simons was sentenced to six months which will be concurrent with the other terms.
Simons’ appearance in court today marked the end of his brief crime trail. He stalked into the jewelry store early yesterday, held up the clerk and a Montreal salesman, grabbed 32 diamond rings, three watches, and more than $100 in cash, and then left the store after tying up the clerk and salesman. 
He entered the waiting automobile and drove towards Brantford. En-route he forced the taxi-driver to leave the automobile and then continued his wild flight. Outside Brantford, he ran into a cordon of policemen who had been awaiting his appearance and 45 minutes after the robbery was en route back to Hamilton under guard. 
WIFE ARRESTED Mrs. Elsie Simons, wife of Milton (“Nick”) Simons, was arrested here at a local hotel yesterday following the capture of Simons, alleged jewelry robber and holdup man here, earlier in the day.
The woman appeared before Magistrate S A Jones charged with vagrancy and at the request of Chief Stanley was remanded in custody for ten days until the chief satisfies himself about the valuable jewelry found in her possession. 
Mrs. Simons, who gave her address as 212 Bay street, Hamilton, and who is stated to have lived in Chicago before she married Simons, has a fine wardrobe. Her appearance in court this morning bore out the statement of the police that she possessed plenty of very good and fashionable clothes. A white hat with white short fur coat and salmon pink and white dress made her conspicuous in the drab surroundings. Seated next to a local Indian woman arrested as a drunk, she presented a distinct contrast. 
Mrs. Simons was interrogated by the police but appeared guarded in her statements regarding her husband and herself. Local relatives did not know of her presence here. She came to this city early yesterday morning, and police suspect this was part of a plan the pair made the night previous to the robbery. Police thought she might have been here to receive the stolen property. 
Chief Stanley notified provincial officers and headquarters of city police in this country of the possession of the jewelry. Last evening Detectives Waterhouse and Strohn of Toronto came to the city to see if the jewelry was part of some recent hauls made in Toronto. They were not able to identify any of the goods taken from Mrs. Simons. 
While Chief Stanley did not divulge the reason why he thought so he stated that he suspected the jewelry found in the possession of Mrs. Simons was stolen in Kansas City.
In the intervening ten days the police will send out a description of the jewelry and expect to have something definite.
It is also expected here that Mrs. Simons will be re-arrested by the Hamilton police as an accomplice in the robbery with which her husband is charged.
[AL: Simons was 29, married, had a long criminal history with sentences served in the Ohio State Reformatory and Michigan State Reformatory, was apparently trained as an electrician, and had a dagger tattoo on his left arm and shield with two clover leaves on his right. At Kingston Penitentiary, he was convict #2844 and actually ended up working in the electrician’s gang, but his conduct became increasingly irrational and he was considered in early 1934 to be mentally ill. He was transferred to Rockwood Mental Hospital shortly thereafter, and was ‘cured’ because he was back at the penitentiary by July 1936. He was released October 1937.]
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Hi sorry to be weird but are those film stills from Jewel Robbery (1932) because I know them from somewhere and I need to figure out where or its going to bug me
from one way passage (1932) ! <3
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chaptertwo-thepacnw · 7 months
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kazifatagar · 10 months
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ONLOOKERS Watch Broad Daylight Jewellers ROBBERY in the UK
Terrifying video footage has documented the harrowing scene as masked thieves armed with an axe executed a brazen robbery at a shop in Leeds, unfolding amidst a crowd of frightened shoppers during daylight hours. Audacious In the midst of a bustling Morley high street, onlookers found themselves paralyzed with fear as the audacious thieves shattered the windows of Ramsdens jewellers this…
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fathersonholygore · 11 months
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Animal Kingdom 6x06: "Diamonds Are Forever"
TNT’s Animal Kingdom 6×06: “Diamonds Are Forever” Directed by Mark Strand Written by Shukree Hassan Tilghman * For a recap & review of 6×05, click here. * For a recap & review of 6×07, click here. Pope’s leaving Auge in charge of the skatepark while he’s taking care of the job. Auge compares the skatepark to Field of Dreams since people keep showing up there. Meanwhile, Taylor’s off meeting with…
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todaytamilnews · 1 year
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சென்னை | 50 பவுன் நகை கொள்ளையில் ஒருவர் சிக்கினார் | Jewells robbery
சென்னை பூங்கா நகரில் நகைப் பட்டறை நடத்தி வருபவர்கள் அலாவுதீன் (26), சக்ஜத் (26). இருவரும் நேற்று முன்தினம் இரவு வழக்கம்போல் நகைப் பட்டறையில் பணிகளை கவனித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தனர். அப்போது அங்கு வந்த முகமூடி கொள்ளையர்கள் இருவர், அலாவுதீன், சக்ஜத்தை கத்தியைக் காட்டி மிரட்டி, சரமாரியாகத் தாக்கினர். அவர்களை அங்கேயே கட்டிப் போட்டனர். பின்னர் நகைப் பட்டறையிலிருந்த 50 பவுன் தங்க நகைகளைக் கொள்ளையடித்து…
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hitchell-mope · 1 year
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