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an old photo of a man being handed something by another man in a suit and tie
Classical Hollywood Cinema
Bogart And Bacall
Spencer Tracy
Film Up
When He Says
Play It Again Sam
John Ford
Film Institute
Lauren Bacall
"Up The River" movie still, 1930. L to R: Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy. PLOT: Two convicts (Bogart, Tracy) break out of prison, only to find themselves back to prison. A prison potboiler directed by John Ford.
two men standing next to each other in front of a building and looking at something
Ethel Waters
Hattie Mcdaniel
Lost Film
Peter Lorre
Robert Montgomery
Pecking Order
Prison Life
Turner Classic Movies
Humphrey Bogart
"The Big House" movie still, 1930. L to R: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery. PLOT: A man (Robert Montgomery) is sent to a penitentiary where he meets hardened criminals (Morris & Beery) and gets involved in prison life. One of the first prison movies with sound, this movie was a huge hit for MGM. It won two Oscars and is frequently cited as the spark of prison films of the 1930s.
a poster for the film i am a negative from a chain gang
Paul Muni
1930s Old Hollywood
Glenda Farrell
Story Animation
Montecito California
Pop Art Patterns
Play Poster
Escape Artist
Brothers Movie
"I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang" movie poster, 1932. PLOT: Wrongly convicted James Allen (Paul Muni) serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
two women behind bars in a jail cell, one looking at the camera and the other frowning
Pre Code Movies
Prison Bars
Film Noir Movies
John Huston
Old Hollywood Movie
Noir Movie
Pre Code
Bank Robbery
"Ladies They Talk About" movie still, 1933. L to R: Barbara Stanwyck, Lillian Roth. PLOT: A member of a bank robbery gang (Stanwyck) goes to prison thanks to an evangelist (Preston Foster) who falls in love with her. While in prison, she meets a fellow inmate (Roth) and discovers her former gang is planning a breakout.
a man holding a cell phone up to his face behind a barred window in an old jail cell
My Darling Clementine
John Wilkes Booth
Island Movies
Fort Apache
Quiet Man
Wee Willie Winkie
The Quiet Man
The Fugitive
"The Prisoner of Shark Island" movie still, 1936. Warner Baxter as Dr. Samuel Mudd. PLOT: After he is imprisoned for his role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Mudd is sent to a penal colony for life. When yellow fever breaks out on the island, he is called on to help stem the disease.
two men dressed in jail clothes holding baseball bats
Oliver Hardy
Laurel Hardy
Great Comedies
Comedy Duos
Abbott And Costello
Laurel And Hardy
Classic Comedies
Dads Favorite
June 18th
"The Second 100 Years" movie still, 1927. L to R: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel. PLOT: Thrown in prison for a hundred years, Little Goofy (Laurel) and Big Goofy (Hardy) finally break free, posing as an anarchic duo of undercover painters.
a man is smiling behind bars in a jail cell
Fay Wray
Screen Film
Radio Show
Lobby Cards
Iconic Movies
Silver Screen
Best Actor
Old Hollywood
Lobby
"Thunderbolt" movie still, 1929. George Bancroft as Thunderbolt Jim Lang. PLOT: A condemned criminal (Bancroft) plots revenge on the young man (Richard Arlen) who stole his gal (Fay Wray) and landed next to him on death row.
two women and a man are sitting in front of jail bars, talking to each other
1950s Film
Sing Movie
Jean Renoir
William Wyler
Bob Fosse
Vintage Photo Album
"20,000 Years In Sing Sing" movie still, 1932. L to R: Arthur Bryon, Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy. PLOT: Brash hoodlum Tom Connors (Tracy) enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden (Byron) and the love of his girlfriend (Davis) changes him.
an old movie poster for buster keaton's conviet 13 starring actors
Buster Keaton Movies
Metro Pictures
Joseph Frank
Filmy Vintage
Old Movie Posters
Buster Keaton
Film Vintage
"Convict 13" movie poster, 1920. PLOT: A young golfer (Buster Keaton) is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
an old movie poster with some people talking to each other and one man holding his head
Talking Picture
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Hollywood Cinema
Joan Crawford
Baby Star
Classic Hollywood
"Paid" lobby card, 1930. PLOT: An ex-salesclerk (Joan Crawford) is sent to prison and seeks revenge on her boss and the prosecutor who framed her.
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Noir movie
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Prison guard
an old movie poster with two men looking out the window at another man behind bars
Al Hirschfeld
Old Movie Poster
This Is Us Movie
Man Cave Art
Vintage Movie Posters
"Pardon Us" movie poster, 1931. PLOT: Two guys (Laurel & Hardy) end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition. As the poster states, this was the first talking movie for L & H.
an old movie poster for the sin of nora morran, starring two women and one man
Zita Johann
Movie Advertisement
Eastenders Actresses
Mopar Girl
Hollywood Poster
Burlesque Vintage
Vintage Burlesque
Movie Artwork
"The Sin of Nora Moran" lobby card, 1933. PLOT: Having confessed to murder, a woman (Zita Johann) recalls her past while awaiting her fate on death row. This pre-code prison movie is best known for its scandalous movie artwork drawn by Alberto Vargas.
the mayor of hell movie poster, with james cagney in red and black
Hero Song
Captain Blood
Jimmy Smith
Yankee Doodle Dandy
King Creole
Yankee Doodle
Warner Bros Studio
James Cagney
"The Mayor of Hell" movie poster, 1933. PLOT: A racketeer (James Cagney) is awarded a cushy job as deputy commissioner of a local reform school for criminally inclined boys. At first, he doesn't care about the job but as he gets to know the boys and the hardships they've already faced, he changes his ways.
an old movie poster for public hero number 1
Newspaper Advertisement
G Man
Fort Wayne
Chester
Number 1
The 1970s
True Stories
The Movie
"Public Hero Number 1" Fort Wayne newspaper advertisement, 1935. PLOT: A G-man (Chester Morris) goes undercover to infiltrate a gang in a penitentiary, helping the group's leader escape from prison to gain his trust. This ad was for the Emboyd Theater in downtown Fort Wayne. The venue stopped showing movies in the 1970s and is now known as the Embassy Theater.
the poster for prison shadows starring actors
Escape Movie
Dark Screen
Baby Stars
Film Posters Art
Hollywood Vintage
At The Movies
"Prison Shadows" half poster, 1936. PLOT: A boxer (Eddie Nugent) is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring. With the help of his girlfriend (Lucille Lund), he uncovers the plot that sent him to prison.