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Big City Blues

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Big City Blues (1932) is a pre-Code drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Joan Blondell and Eric Linden.Bud (Linden) is a naive Indiana boy heading to the big city (New York to be exact) after receiving an inheritance. He meets with his cousin Gibby who’s clearly using him for his money.Gibby is in with the theatre crowd and brings along several showgirls including Vida (Blondell) who flutters Bud’s young heart.At an apartment party, with booze abounding, a showgirl gets killed in an accident. Everyone escapes the party, leaving Bud holding the bag.Scared he runs away and becomes a fugitive alongside the help of Vida, but his actions catch up to him and the big city shows its remorseless soul.Humphrey Bogart has a small part as one of the guests at the fatal party. It was Bogart's first film at Warner Brothers, where he spent nearly a decade as a supporting player before breaking out as a star in 1941.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Alcohol Hic
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Alcohol Hic: Gibby does this at the party, when everybody is downing a lot of alcohol paid for with Bud's money.
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The Alcoholic
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The Alcoholic: Lenny (Lyle Talbot) who turns out to be the one who threw the bottle that killed Jackie. Hummell the house detective keeps a hidden stash of liquor in a broom closet, and is drunk on duty when he finds Jackie's body.
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Big Applesauce
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Big Applesauce: A hayseed from Indiana goes to New York, has one hell of an adventure in 24 hours, goes back home wiser, but vows to return.
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Accidental Murder
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Accidental Murder: The showgirl, Jackie, is killed while in a drunken stupor. Her two paramours’ fight over her gets violent, and bottles are thrown. Said bottle hits Jackie, immediately killing her.
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