Gangs, Inc. a.k.a. Paper Bullets (1941)

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Paper Bullets is a 1941 American film directed by Phil Rosen.

The film is also known as Gang War (American reissue title) and Gangs, Inc. (American reissue title).

Cast * Joan Woodbury as Rita Adams * Jack La Rue as Mickey Roman * Linda Ware as Donna Andrews * John Archer as Bob Elliott * Vince Barnett as Scribbler, a petty forger * Alan Ladd as Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan * Gavin Gordon as Kurt Parrish * Phillip Trent as Harold DeWitt * William Halligan as Police Chief Flynn * George Pembroke as Clarence DeWitt * Selmer Jackson as District Attorney * Kenneth Harlan as Jim Adams * Bryant Washburn as Attorney Bruce King * Alden "Stephen" Chase as Detective Joe Kent * Robert Strange as Lou Wood * Alex Callam as Joe Fagan * Harry Depp as Johnny Mason

Soundtrack * "I Know, I Know" (by Vic Knight, Johnny Lange and Lew Porter) * "Blue Is the Day" (by Maurice Kozinsky, Johnny Lange and Lew Porter)

Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 -- February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s.

Born Joanne Woodbury in Los Angeles, California, she first studied for seven years in a convent, later trained in dance, and eventually graduated from Hollywood High School. Woodbury began dancing for the Agua Caliente dance company, and at 19 decided to attempt a career in acting. She moved to Hollywood and that same year received her first acting role in the 1934 film Eight Girls in a Boat, which was uncredited. Another uncredited role followed, with her first credited role being in the 1934 film One Exciting Adventure, which starred Binnie Barnes. Woodbury appeared in fifteen films from 1934 through 1935, of which ten were uncredited.

In 1936 her career began to become more successful, with her appearing in eight films that year, of which five were uncredited. However, of the three roles that were credited, Woodbury made an impact, and caught the attention of studio's. Her mixture of Danish, British and Native American heritage gave her an exotic appearance, and allowed her to be cast in many different ethnicities, from Hispanic to French and Asian. By 1937 her career had taken off, mostly in B-movies, but also with her receiving many credited roles.

In 1937 Woodbury starred in her first of several credited Charlie Chan films, titled Chan on Broadway. She also began appearing in numerous westerns, portraying the heroine opposite some of the 1930s biggest cowboy actors, to include William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame, Roy Rogers, and Johnny Mack Brown. Woodbury would appear in fifty films from 1937 to 1945, almost all of which were credited. Her most memorable of that period was her lead role in the serial Brenda Starr, Reporter, in 1945.

On December 17, 1938, Woodbury married actor and producer Henry Wilcoxon, with whom she would have three daughters: Wendy Joan, Heather Ann and Cecilia Dawn.

From 1946 her career declined, more due to her desire to spend more time with her family than her not having acting offers. After her marriage to Wilcoxon ended in divorce, she married actor Ray Mitchell, with whom she founded the company Valley Players Guild in Palm Springs. The Valley Players Guild staged plays featuring other veteran actors and actresses. In addition to managing their company, she continued to act on occasion, with her biggest role after 1946 being a minor credited part in the 1956 epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter. Her last film appearance was a supporting role in the movie The Time Travelers (1964). When Woodbury retired, she had appeared in 81 films. Woodbury eventually settled in Desert Hot Springs, California, where she was residing at the time of her death at the age of 73.

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  • Starring, in a minor role, a very young Alan Ladd. These hour movies mostly seem to have some moral to them, one way or another.

  • yeh, a good lady gangster movie !! thanks for sharing !!!

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