Hell's house.

Zeidman, B. F. (Bennie F.), 1896-1970 (director.). Davis, Bette, 1908-1989 (actor.). O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 (actor.). Durkin, Junior, 1915-1935 (actor.). Kanopy (Firm) (Added Author).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 71 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 1932.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.