12019-02-03T20:47:53+00:002.x10 City Streets1City Streets (1931)plain2019-02-03T20:47:53+00:00Continuing the pattern established in Applause, Mamoulian favors ironic compositions at the expense of his characters. In City Streets, the camera follows a gangster walking down the hall, but the framing remains loose enough to show the shadow of a rival gangster trailing just behind him. The symbolism (shadow as impending death) is unknown to the characters but head-thumpingly obvious to us.