Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies, The Public Enemy, The Incredible Journey, and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

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From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s
the described movies The Public Enemy from 1931, The Incredible Journey from 1963, and The Man Who Knew Too Much from 1934.
The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) is a 1931 American all-talking pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros.
The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell.
The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in prohibition -era urban America.
The supporting players include Beryl Mercer, Murray Kinnell,and Mae Clarke.
The screenplay is based on an unpublished novel—Beer and Blood by two former newspapermen, John Bright, and Kubec Glasmon —who had witnessed some of Al Capone's murderous gang rivalries in Chicago.
In 1998, The Public Enemy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Directed by: William A. Wellman.
Written by: Kubec Glasmon, and John Bright.
Screenplay by: Harvey F. Thew.
Based on: Beer and Blood: by : John Bright, and Kubec Glasmon.
Produced by: Darryl F. Zanuck.
Starring: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, and Joan Blondell.
Cinematography: Devereaux Jennings.
Edited by: Edward Michael McDermott.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Release date: 23 April 1931.
File Length: 83 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $151,000, or $230,000.
Box office: $557,000.
The Incredible Journey is a 1963 adventure film directed by Fletcher Markle and produced by Walt Disney Productions.
Based on the 1961 novel of the same name by British-Canadian writer Sheila Burnford, the film follows the adventure of Luath the
Labrador Retriever, Bodger the Bull Terrier, and Tao the Siamese cat (Syn Cat) as they journey 250 miles (400 km) through the Canadian wilderness to return to their home.
The film's human cast consists of Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, and Sandra Scott, with Rex Allen providing narration.
Released on 20 November 1963, by Buena Vista Distribution, the film received $4.2 million in overall rentals and was mostly praised for its nature scenes and for Allen's narration.
However, the human scenes, including the climactic ending, were criticized [by whom?] for disrupting the mood of the film.
It was the final film to be scored by long-time Disney composer Oliver Wallace, who died two months prior to its release.
Directed by: Fletcher Markle.
Written by: James Algar.
Based on: The Incredible Journey: by : Sheila Burnford.
Produced by: James Algar., and Walt Disney.
Starring: Syn, Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, and Sandra Scott.
Narrated by: Rex Allen.
Cinematography: Kenneth Peach.
Edited by: Norman R. Palmer.
Music by: Oliver Wallace.
Production company: Walt Disney Productions.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Distribution.
Release date: 20 November 1963.
File Length: 80 minutes.
Countries: United States, and Canada.
Language: English.
Box office: $4.2 million (US/Canada) (rentals).
The Man Who Knew Too Much is a 1934 British film noir political thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring Leslie Banks and Peter Lorre, and released by Gaumont British.
It was one of the most successful and critically acclaimed films of Hitchcock's British period.
The film is Hitchcock's first film using this title and was followed later with his own 1956 film using the same name featuring a significantly different plot and script with some modifications.
The second film featured James Stewart and Doris Day and was made for Paramount Pictures.
The two films are very similar in tone.
In the book-length interview Hitchcock/Truffaut (1967), in response to filmmaker François Truffaut 's assertion that aspects of the remake were by far superior, Hitchcock replied, "Let's say the first version is the work of a talented amateur and the second was made by a professional."
However, it has been said this statement cannot be taken at face value.
The 1934 film has nothing except the title in common with G. K. Chesterton's 1922 book of the same name.
Hitchcock decided to use the title because he held the film rights for some of the stories in the book.
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock.
Written by: Charles Bennett., D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, Edwin Greenwood (scenario), and A.R. Rawlinson (scenario).
Produced by: Michael Balcon.
Starring: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam, and Frank Vosper.
Cinematography: Curt Courant.
Edited by: Hugh Stewart.
Music by: Arthur Benjamin.
Distributed by: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation.
Release date: December 1934 (United Kingdom).
File Length: 72 minutes.
Country: United Kingdom.
Language: English.
Budget: £40,000 (estimated).
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