The Cotton Club (1984)

Actors

• Oscar Barnes (actor)
• Julian Beck (actor)
• James 'Buster' Brown (actor)
• Ralph Brown (actor)
• John Cafiso (actor)
• Steve Cafiso (actor)
• Nicolas Cage (actor)
• George Cantero (actor)
• Kim Chan (actor)
• Rony Clanton (actor)
• Benny Clorey (actor)
• Bill Cobbs (actor)
• Charles 'Honi' Coles (actor)
• Marc Coppola (actor)
• Dayton Allen (actor)

Genres

• Crime
• Drama
• Music

Taglines:

It was the jazz age. It was an era of elegance and violence. The action was gambling. The stakes were life and death.
Where crime lords rub elbows with the rich and famous!
Welcome to The Cotton Club. Where Crime Lords rub elbows with the rich and famous. Where deals are made, lives are traded. And the legends of jazz light up the night.

Quotes:

[a boy runs up to Dixie in the street]::Boy in Street: Vincent's been telling everyone around here that you saved the Dutchman's ass!

Flynn: Blow that bughouse bastard to kingdom come!

Vera: You've got about as much style as a bowl of turnips.

Owney: In the next room, gentlemen, is the finest food, drink and pussy in New York at a price.

Owney: Someone oughta take out your brain and pickle it!

Dixie: I'm surprised at you! Don't you feel anything for Mr. Flynn at all? He's dead!

Vera: Mr. Flynn was a bootlegger. That's how they live in this world. Maybe one day you'll wise up, sap!

Vera: If he came in here right now, he'd kill us both.::Dixie: Forget about him.::Vera: Who?

[Frenchy has just broken Owney's watch]::Frenchy: You cheap son of a bitch! You only offered $500 for me?::Owney: What?::Frenchy: If you were kidnapped, I wouldn't offer more than that for you!::Owney: $500?::Frenchy: That's what I heard!::Owney: 50 grand! I paid 50 grand! They only wanted 35 but I gave 50 not to hurt you. $500. I would've given 500,000 for you. I been worried sick about you. Look at what you done to my fuckin' watch.::Frenchy: 50 grand?::Owney: Yeah.::[Frenchy hands Owney a box that Owney opens]::Owney: What's this? A platinum watch. (smiling) You asshole.

Vera: I was born looking 18.::Dixie: I can save you.::Vera: No, you can't.

Blondell, Joan Filmography

• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
  2009, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
  2008, role: actress
• Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
  2005, role: actress
• Complicated Women
  2003, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
  1998, role: actress
• 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years
  1997, role: actress , character name: Actress 'Nightmare Alley'
• Going Hollywood: The '30s
  1984, role: actress
• The Woman Inside
  1981, role: actress , character name: Aunt Coll
• James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
  1981, role: actress , character name: Herself
• The Rebels
  1979, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Brumple
• The Champ
  1979, role: actress , character name: Dolly Kenyon
• The Glove
  1979, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Fitzgerald
• Battered
  1978, role: actress , character name: Edna Thompson
• Grease
  1978, role: actress , character name: Vi
• The Baron
  1977, role: actress
• Opening Night
  1977, role: actress , character name: Sarah Goode
• Death at Love House
  1976, role: actress , character name: Marcella Geffenhart
• Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
  1976, role: actress , character name: Landlady
• Brother Can You Spare a Dime
  1975, role: actress
• Winner Take All
  1975, role: actress , character name: Beverly Craig
• The Dead Don't Die
  1975, role: actress , character name: Levenia
• The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney
  1974, role: actress , character name: Herself
• Bobby Parker and Company
  1974, role: actress , character name: His Mother
• Tribute to Bogart
  1972, role: actress , character name: Herself - Interviewee
• Support Your Local Gunfighter
  1971, role: actress , character name: Jenny
• Banyon
  1971, role: actress , character name: Peggy Revere
• The 43rd Annual Academy Awards
  1971, role: actress , character name: Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Song Score
• The Movie Crazy Years
  1971, role: actress , character name: Herself
• The Phynx
  1970, role: actress , character name: Ruby
• Big Daddy
  1969, role: actress
• Stay Away, Joe
  1968, role: actress , character name: Glenda Callahan
• Kona Coast
  1968, role: actress , character name: Kittibelle Lightfoot
• The 39th Annual Academy Awards
  1967, role: actress , character name: Herself - Audience Member
• Winchester 73
  1967, role: actress , character name: Larouge
• Waterhole #3
  1967, role: actress , character name: Lavinia
• The Spy in the Green Hat
  1967, role: actress , character name: Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
• Ride Beyond Vengeance
  1966, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Lavender
• Baby Makes Three
  1966, role: actress , character name: Joan Terry
• The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
  1965, role: actress , character name: Herself
• The Cincinnati Kid
  1965, role: actress , character name: Lady Fingers
• Advance to the Rear
  1964, role: actress , character name: Easy Jenny
• Angel Baby
  1961, role: actress , character name: Mollie Hays
• Desk Set
  1957, role: actress , character name: Peg Costello
• Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
  1957, role: actress , character name: Violet
• This Could Be the Night
  1957, role: actress , character name: Crystal St. Clair
• Lizzie
  1957, role: actress , character name: Aunt Morgan James
• The Opposite Sex
  1956, role: actress , character name: Edith
• When the Talkies Were Young
  1955, role: actress , character name: Myrtle
• The Blue Veil
  1951, role: actress , character name: Annie Rawlins
• For Heaven's Sake
  1950, role: actress , character name: Daphne Peters

Famous quotes by Joan Blondell:

"In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that."

"I don't know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. It's more than talent and beauty. Maybe it's the audience seeing itself in you."

"There's a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a dead pan are getting away with it. I'd hate to see them on stage with a dog act."