There was no one like Marie Dressler. She could make you laugh, cry and do just about everything. What a range in acting ability this woman had. Had she lived longer, she would have really conquered the heights.
She is just wonderful in "Politics," where as a plain, ordinary woman, circumstances become such that she runs for mayor, thus challenging the idea of a woman as an elected official, and trying to fight the mob in Chicago of the 1930s.
The beginning of the film is full comedy and Miss Dressler is ably supported in that regard by Polly Moran and Roscoe Ates, both of whom provide comedy relief.
The film makes a sudden turn to drama when the innocent Daisy takes a bullet meant for another young hood, who is the boyfriend of Dressler's daughter, nicely played by Karen Morley.
Yes, Happy Days are Here Again is played in this movie, and that was even before FDR's successful run in 1932.
She is just wonderful in "Politics," where as a plain, ordinary woman, circumstances become such that she runs for mayor, thus challenging the idea of a woman as an elected official, and trying to fight the mob in Chicago of the 1930s.
The beginning of the film is full comedy and Miss Dressler is ably supported in that regard by Polly Moran and Roscoe Ates, both of whom provide comedy relief.
The film makes a sudden turn to drama when the innocent Daisy takes a bullet meant for another young hood, who is the boyfriend of Dressler's daughter, nicely played by Karen Morley.
Yes, Happy Days are Here Again is played in this movie, and that was even before FDR's successful run in 1932.