Grant Withers
Angel Harrigan
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Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers and Evalyn Knapp, and featuring James Cagney (in his film debut), Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the 1930 play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer.
With Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp, James Cagney, Joan Blondell. Ma Delano (Lucille LaVerne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade and lives upstairs with her sons Harry and Joe (James Cagney and Ray Gallagher) and daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp); their story involves rum-running, accidental murder, and a frame-up.
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- Adventure, Crime, Romance
- John G. Adolfi
- 1930-10-11
Set against the gritty backdrop of a Thirties carnival, Sinners' Holiday (1930) follows the individual dramas of the Delano family. Ma Delano (Lucille La Verne) is the owner of a penny arcade and the strong matriarch to two sons Joe (Ray Gallagher) and happy-go-lucky punk Harry (James Cagney) and a daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp).
- John G. Adolfi
- Grant Withers
Sep 29, 2015 · Running a lean 60 minutes, Sinners’ Holiday is a tight little melodrama heavy on atmosphere, not so much on much else. Angel is a convict in need of a job and a girl. Jennie is pretty enough to be the girl, and her mother, Mrs. Delano, is apathetic enough to give him a job at her penny arcade.
Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking crime drama film starring Grant Withers and Evalyn Knapp, and featuring James Cagney (in his film debut), Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the 1930 play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer.
- 62 min
Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a frame-up.
Ma Delano (Lucille LaVerne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade and lives upstairs with her sons Harry and Joe (James Cagney and Ray Gallagher) and daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp); their story involves rum-running, accidental murder, and a frame-up. — Anonymous.
