| 词条 | Hell's House |
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| name = Hell's House | image = HellsHouse.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Howard Higgin | producer = B. F. Zeidman | writer = Paul Gangelin B. Harrison Orkow | narrator = | starring = Junior Durkin Bette Davis Pat O'Brien | music = | cinematography = Alan G. Siegler | editing = Edward Schroeder | studio = B.F. Zeidman Productions Ltd. | distributor = Capitol Film Exchange | released = {{Start date|1932|01|30}} | runtime = 72 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} Hell's House is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Junior Durkin, featuring Bette Davis and directed by Howard Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition era, is based on a story by Higgin. PlotWhen orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder, Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections, although in reality he's a bootlegger. The boy's life is disrupted when, as one of Kelly's hired hands, he refuses to identify his boss during a police raid and is sentenced to three years of hard labor in reform school, where he befriends a sickly boy named Shorty, who eventually is sent to solitary confinement. When Jimmy realizes his new pal is seriously ill and desperately needs medical attention, he escapes and goes to Kelly and Kelly's girl friend, Peggy Gardner, for help. Peggy contacts newspaper columnist Frank Gebhardt, who is anxious to expose the conditions at the state industrial school. The authorities find Jimmy at Gebhardt's office, but before they can apprehend him Kelly admits his involvement in the bootlegging operation and the boy is set free. He discovers Shorty has died, victimized by a corrupt system. Cast (in credits order)
ProductionThe film, shot in thirteen days, originally was entitled Juvenile Court. Bette Davis was loaned to B. F. Zeidman Productions Ltd. by Universal Pictures, and following her completion of this film studio head Carl Laemmle, Jr. allowed her option to drop. She was preparing to return to New York City when George Arliss offered her the ingenue role in The Man Who Played God.[1] Critical receptionIn his review in the New York Times, Mordaunt Hall observed, "The attempt to pillory reform schools . . . is hardly adult in its attack, but it has a few moderately interesting interludes . . . The direction of this film is old-fashioned. Pat O'Brien . . . gives a forced performance. Young Durkin's playing is sincere and likewise that of Bette Davis as Peggy."[2] References1. ^Stine, Whitney, and Davis, Bette, Mother Goddam: The Story of the Career of Bette Davis. New York: Hawthorn Books 1974. {{ISBN|0-8015-5184-6}}, pp. 15-18 2. ^[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9504EFD7113EE333A25751C1A9649C946394D6CF New York Times review] External links{{Commons category}}
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