Me, Gangster

Me, Gangster
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Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Screenplay by	Charles Francis Coe
Starring	Don Terry, June Collyer, Anders Randolf
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Edited by	Louis R. Loeffler
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	October 20, 1928 (1928-10-20)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Me, Gangster is a 1928 American silent film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars June Collyer, Don Terry, Anders Randolf and a young Carole Lombard.

Cast

• June Collyer as Mary Regan
• Don Terry as Jimmy Williams
• Anders Randolf as Russ Williams
• Carole Lombard as Blonde Rosie
• Stella Adams as Lizzie Williams
• Herbert Ashton as Slicker
• Joe Brown as Himself
• Nigel De Brulier as Danish Louie
• Al Hill as Danny
• Walter James as Police Capt. Dodd

Production

During the shooting of the picture, only one copy of the script existed, in the possession of director Raoul Walsh.

Casting

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Don Terry and Anders Randolph in Me, Gangster (1928)

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Still

Don Terry, appearing on his debut in the film, was discovered at Hollywood's Café Montmartre by Fox screenwriter Charles Francis Coe who happened to see Terry and thought of the screenplay he had just completed. However, Coe introduced himself to Terry and asked if he was in the film industry. He gave Terry his business card and invited him to the Fox lot for a screen test. Terry went to the Fox lot expecting only to finally be able to see some film stars. When Terry's screen test came out of the film laboratory, he was signed as the lead in Me, Gangster, the screenplay Coe had just written.

An article in Silver Screen notes that Carole Lombard's casting in Me, Gangster finally eased the pressure her family had been putting on her to succeed. She would go on to become a leading Hollywood starlet in the 1930s.

External links

• Me, Gangster at the Internet Movie Database