Just watched “The Roaring Twenties,” dir. Raoul Walsh (Warner Bros., 1939). It starts in World War I and moves into prohibition and a spell of joblessness, followed by bootlegging, prosperity, and a rollicking good time, except for the unrequited love. Then things fall apart for the film’s main protagonist, played by James Cagney.

Poster image with photos and lots of marketing copy.

Image from “Warner Bros. Pressbook” (1939), Internet Archive.