Source: Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1 January 1928, pt. 6, pg. 4.
Dear Miss Tinée: It certainly made me laugh when I read in the papers that the Chicago police had made the Roosevelt theater take down a sign advertising "Underworld" as "Chicago's Gangland."
Who doubts but it is a reproduction of our civic institution, the gunman's world? It tells nothing about them that the Chicago newspapers have all told many times, and it shows how unbeatable the law is. teddy Webb escaped from jail just ahead of his execution, just as "Bull" Weed does. There was an "Amuunition" Weed once who stood off the police for hours, if you remember. The flower shop killing was certainly no more violent than Dion O'Banion's taking off.
Chicago has an underworld just as colorful as the picture shows it to be. It is things like this that will show Chicago how the outside world looks at it and that we ought to free ourselves from this blight.
I certainly agree with you in what you said about George Bancroft. He is a great actor. But I do think you could have done more to give credit to Evelyn Brent. That scene where she looks into Clive Brooks' eyes and registers helpless love makes her a star.
I enjoy your reviews, and the Sunday ones most of all.
Yours,
C.D.
Editor's Note—You wouldn't want a policeman to be unkind to a gangster, would you?
