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You and Me

Sylvia Sidney and George Raft
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Overview

Opening with a musical tribute to consumer society, bemoaning the fact that everything, including happiness and fresh air can and must be bought, Fritz Lang's musical YOU AND ME looks at the struggles of the poor and formerly incarcerated employees of Morris's department store. Benefiting from the kindness of fatherly Mr. Morris, ex-burglars, safecrackers, thieves and gangsters are given employment and a second chance. When demure Helen and rough Joe strike up a friendship and eventually marry, Joe is forthright about his gangster past, but Helen fears that she will be rejected if she reveals that she too spent time in jail. Mickey, a small-time mob boss starts to frequent the department store, trying to lure the ex-cons back to their criminal life, but they stand strong. When Joe learns of Helen's lie, he becomes gives up and agrees to go in on a robbery of the department store. Meanwhile, Helen enacts her own plot to save her husband and their gang of ex-con friends. Lang's usual look at the social and psychological intricacies of criminal underground society is given a light touch with the melodramatic music of Kurt Weil all the while retaining Lang's usual visual invention and moral explorations.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Fritz Lang - Director
Sylvia Sidney
George Raft
Barton MacLane
Harry Carey
Roscoe Karns
George E. Stone
Warren Hymer
Robert Cummings
Adrian Morris
Roger Gray

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Manufactured on Demand)
  • Run Time: 90
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 025192245763
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: NR
  • Release Date: May 2015

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
A mixture of German operetta and American film noir resulted when Fritz Lang collaborated with legendary composer Kurt Weil (THREE PENNY OPERA). Mr. Morris, the philanthropical owner of a major department store, makes it a habit to employ ex-cons gone good. When Joe and Helen fall in love, Joe tells her of his criminal past, but Helen is to shy to explain her three years in jail. As Helen and Joe resist returning to their troubled ways, robust musical numbers proclaiming the importance of the all-powerful dollar and the seductions of belonging to the mob dramatize their plight. When Joe learns of Helen's lie, he decides to give into the mob and only Helen can save him and their band of ex-con friends.

Notes:
YOU AND ME was filmed in Los Angeles in 1938. YOU AND ME was released on June 3rd, 1938.

Reviews:
"...Very strange, very sweet..." - 05/22/1998 USA Today, p.6E

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