Show BAN IB A 11 THE GANGSTER THE THE Patrolmen's Benevolent association of 1 l New York City has passed a resolution urging motion picture producers not to make mal e underworld films which glorify the lives of gangsters gunmen and racketeers I A great deal of the protest against gangster gangster gangster gang gang- ster movies is not very well founded Here however is a kick with which one can sym After all it must be rather tough to be a policeman and to find that the gunman gunman gun gun- 2 man is frequently portrayed as a super- super clever brave and dashing chap who enlists the public sympathies even if he is a public enemy The patrolman gets less than his due in inthe inthe inthe the fight on the underworld He risks his life and not infrequently he loses it If he arrests a gangster he usually fails falls to get credit for it it and it often happens that corruption corruption corruption cor cor- higher up enables the gangster to togo togo togo go free tree anyhow Is it any wonder that the patrolman is tired of or seeing the gangster glorified |