The Public Enemy of the Code. One is of a markedly effeminate tailor measuring Tom for a suit, another with Matt and Mamie "rolling around" in bed, and the third showing Tom being seduced when hiding out in a woman's apartment. These three scenes were later restored for all DVD and Blu-ray releases, and on Turner Classic Movies. The film was also re-released in 1954, with a written prologue added before the opening credits, advising that gangsters such as Tom Powers and Caesar "Rico" Bandello, the title character in "Little Caesar" (played by Edward G. Robinson), are a menace that the public must
At the Mercy of Men Maude Meagher of "The San Francisco Chronicle" felt that the film was "gorgeous enough." A critic of the "Rapid City Journal" described the film as a "timely photodrama... in these days of topsy-turvy adjustment, political and social." The "Austin American-Statesman" noted that director Miller "has a keen eye for strong dramatic effects," also praising the cinematography and performance by Brady. At the Mercy of Men At the Mercy of Men is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Charles Miller and starring Alice Brady. Its plot follows a young woman during the Russian Revolution who seeks to find the