The big house triple feature /

Three thousand men are crammed into cells designed to hold 1800. And with the overcrowding comes the hard-time toughness, the mess-hall ritual, the dark agony of the hole, the cigarettes as currency, the hidden shivs, the hushed voices in the yard, the scheming and desperation of men with nothing to...

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Other Authors: Marion, Frances, 1888-1973,, Farnham, Joseph W.,, Flavin, Martin, 1883-1967,, Hill, George W. 1895-1934,, Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963,, Wing, Ward,, Morris, Chester,, Stone, Lewis, 1879-1953,, Beery, Wallace,, Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978,, Berley, André, 1890-1936,, Durgère, André,, Crespo, José, 1900-1997,, Landa, Juan de, 1894-1968,, Alcaniz, Luana,, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,, Cosmopolitan Productions,, Turner Entertainment Co.,, Warner Bros. Entertainment,, Warner Home Video (Firm),
Format: DVD
Language: English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., [2014]
warner Home Video,
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (265 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Archive collection.
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Summary: Three thousand men are crammed into cells designed to hold 1800. And with the overcrowding comes the hard-time toughness, the mess-hall ritual, the dark agony of the hole, the cigarettes as currency, the hidden shivs, the hushed voices in the yard, the scheming and desperation of men with nothing to lose - all the conventions of prison films to come were set with Hollywood's first major men-behind-bars picture.
Item Description: DVD; Full-screen 4x3, 1.37:1 presentation; Dolby Digital.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1930.
"Included in this historic triple-feature set are the rarely seen French- and Spanish-language "parallel production" versions."--container insert.
English version: director of photography, Harold Wenstrom; editor Blanche Sewell.
French version: director Paul Fejos ; director of photography, Peverell Marley ; editor, Helen Lewis.
Spanish version: director, Ward Wing ; director of photography, Leonard Smith, Max Fabian ; editor, Peggy O'Day.
English version: Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Leila Hyams, Robert Montgomery, George F. Marion, J.C. Nugent.
French version: Charles Boyer, André Berley, André Durgère, Rolla Norman, George Mauloy, Vital Geymond, Mona Goya.
Spanish version: José Crespo, Juan de Landa, Luana Alcañiz.
Rating: Not rated.
Three thousand men are crammed into cells designed to hold 1800. And with the overcrowding comes the hard-time toughness, the mess-hall ritual, the dark agony of the hole, the cigarettes as currency, the hidden shivs, the hushed voices in the yard, the scheming and desperation of men with nothing to lose - all the conventions of prison films to come were set with Hollywood's first major men-behind-bars picture.
Disc 1. The big house / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; a Cosmopolitan production ; directed by George Hill ; story and dialogue by Frances Marion ; additional dialogue by Joe Farnham and Martin Flavin -- The big house / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer présente ; une production "Cosmopolitan" ; réalisation de Paul Fejos ; scénario et dialogue de Frances Marion ; dialogue additionnel de Joe Farnham et Martin Flavin ; adaptation française de Yves Mirande -- disc 2. El presidio / La Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presenta ; una producción Cosmopolitan ; drigida por Ward Wing ; versión española y diálogo por Edgar Neville ; argumento por Frances Marion ; diálogo adicional por Joe Farnham y Martin Flavin.
English, French or Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (265 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD; Full-screen 4x3, 1.37:1 presentation; Dolby Digital.
Audience: Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits: English version: director of photography, Harold Wenstrom; editor Blanche Sewell.
French version: director Paul Fejos ; director of photography, Peverell Marley ; editor, Helen Lewis.
Spanish version: director, Ward Wing ; director of photography, Leonard Smith, Max Fabian ; editor, Peggy O'Day.