May 20th
Little Caesar**
US 1930. Warner Bros. 80m. bw

The rise and fall of a bullyish Chicago gangster, clearly based on Al Capone, and though a little stagy and encumbered by the Warners' desire to make an earnest social statement, there are still some stunning moments, not least the central performance for which this star became synonymous.

Written by: Francis Faragoh, Robert E. Lee (and others), from the novel by W.R. Burnett.
Producer: Hal B. Wallis.
Director: Mervyn le Roy.
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, Glenda Farrell, George E. Stone, Thomas Jackson, Stanley Fields, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Black, William Collier Jnr, Ralph Ince.
Photography: Tony Gaudio.
Music: Erno Rapee.

Preceded by:
Hearst Metrotone News (1931)
("Legs" Diamond's Girl Talks After Gunman is Slain.) ["Kiki" Roberts, ex-Follies dancer]

The Hard Guy*
(US 1930. Warner Bros/Vitaphone. 6m. bw; A down-at-heels father contemplates going to criminal lengths to feed his family.; w: Burnet Hurshey, from the play by Betty Ross; d: Arthur Hurley; s: Spencer Tracy, Katherine Alexander.)

Lady Play Your Mandolin**
(US 1931. 7m. bw; Sprightly early Merrie Melodies short.; p: Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising; anim: Rollin Hamilton, Norm Blackburn; md: Frank Marsales.)