HELL'S HOUSE - BLU-KINO CLASSICS

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• Release Year: 1932
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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 Gugitive 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), tha naïve lad runs a brutal reform school. Abandoned by the legal system, the boy's only hope is the conscience of the criminal responisble for him being there.
• Cast: Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Junior Durkin, Frank Coghlan Jr., Emma Dunn, Charley Grapewin, Morgan Wallace, Hooper Atchley, Wallis Clark, James A. Marcus, Mary Alden, Sherwood Bailey, James P. Burtis, Dick Curtis, Lew Hicks, Earle Hodgins, Jack Richardson, Everett Sullivan, Howard Higgin, Paul Gangelin, B. Harrison Orkow
• Director: Howard Higgin
• Runtime: 1:11
• Company: Kino Lorber, Library of Congress
• Media Format: Movie