BARBARY COAST.
Edward G Robinson & Miriam Hopkins,
Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan, Brian Donlevy.
Dir: Howard Hawks, 1935, Samuel Goldwyn.

SYNOPSIS:
During San Francisco's gold rush days a ruthless club owner builds a lonely girl into a star attraction but cannot win her love.
Apparently its not unlike Cagney's Frisco Kid which came out the same year, but I've seen neither of them so I couldn't say.

"Hopkins, a beautiful but cunningly selfish actress, was obsessed by upstaging other actors. She had costume approval and insisted on a headress that would make her several inches taller than Robinson. She'd say one line in rehearsals, them change her mind when the cameras were rolling. After two weeks of shooting they were not getting along well, tempers flared, the set became tense and heated. A scene called for Robinson to slap Hopkins and he slugged her, whacking her with such force that she fell to the ground. Hawks yelled cut. Robinson and Hopkins glared at each other, there was a pregnant pause, then the crew began to cheer."
- Alan Gansberg, E G Robinson biographer.

REVIEWS:
"More than a year ago Sam Goldwyn picked Barbary Coast as a title and called in Hecht and MacArthur to write a story to fit. The result is a picture that has all it takes to get along in thoroughbred company."
- Variety.
"A juicy melodrama tailored for its stars."
- Leslie Halliwell.