Blonde Crazy

Ex-bell-hop and would-be con-man Bert (James Cagney) with his new pal and mentor Dan (Louis Calhern), conniving to get their mark (Philip Sleeman) to toss-in more counterfeit cash than he should with their real money, then lured by Dan’s gal Helen (Noel Francis), in Blonde Crazy, 1931.

Opening, Warner Bros.’ follow-up to The Public Enemy, James Cagney a crafty bell-hop and Joan Blondell, sharing top-billing, looking for work, their first true co-starring feature, Maude Eburne and Ray Cooke in their wake, from Blonde Crazy, 1931.

Joan Blondell is Anne, new maid at a midwestern hotel, Guy Kibbee the out-of-line guest, and James Cagney as bell-hop Bert, whom she slugged the day before, after he’d gotten her the job, taking each other’s measure, in Warner Bros.’ Blonde Crazy, 1931.

Con-man bellhop James Cagney and his chambermaid girlfriend Joan Blondell set out to fleece hotel guests in Blonde Crazy (1931).