| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 71 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 1932. |
| Summary |
Independently produced by Bennie Zeidman, Hell's house (1932) is a Pre-Code melodrama that captured Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien just before they were catapulted to superstardom at Warner Bros. An exposé of the American penal system (not unlike I am a fugitive from a Chain Gang and The mayor of hell), Hell's house stars Junior Durkin as a wholesome farmboy who moves to the city after the death of his mother. Dazzled by the smooth talk and beautiful girlfriend (Davis) of a wily bootlegger (O'Brien), the naive lad runs afoul of the law and is sentenced to a brutal reform school. Abandoned by the legal system, the boy's only hope is the conscience of the criminal responsible for him being there. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Reformatories -- Drama.
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Boys -- Drama.
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Criminals -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Zeidman, B. F. (Bennie F.), 1896-1970, director.
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Davis, Bette, 1908-1989, actor.
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O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983, actor.
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Durkin, Junior, 1915-1935, actor.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1114127 Kanopy |
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