20,000 years in Sing Sing
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Published
Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. [distributed by Warner Home Video], c1933.
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
883316119037

Notes

General Note
Based on the book Twenty thousand years in Sing Sing by Lewis E. Lawes.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography by Barney McGill ; edited by George Amy ; music score, Bernhard Kaun.
Participants/Performers
Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Warren Hymer, Louis Calhern.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Portions shot on location at Sing Sing.
Description
"Tommy Connors, a cocky tough guy, is sent to Sing Sing but is confident that he will not have to follow the rules of prison life. When his smooth lawyer, Joe Finn, tries unsuccessfully to bribe warden Paul Long, however, it becomes clear that Connors is now just another number. Connors and Long battle in a contest of wills, in which Long practices his modern theories of reform. Long begins to see results when Connors does not participate in an escape attempt designed by educated convict Bud Sauders. Eventually, Long puts his honor system to the test when he trusts Connors outside the walls. Hoping to help, Connors' girl friend, Fay Wilson, makes friends with Finn, but when he attacks her during an automobile trip, she jumps from the car and is badly injured. Long allows Connors to visit Fay, who is critically ill, but upon discovering that Finn is responsible for her injuries, he initiates a fight. Fay shoots and kills Finn, but it is Connors who is convicted for the murder. After Fay recovers, Connors is sentenced to death, and the couple is briefly reunited on death row. Fay attempts to confess her crime to Long, but her pleas are in vain. Connors is left alone to face the electric chair, asking only for one last cigarette"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940.
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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mizner, W., Holmes, B., Terrett, C., Lord, R., Tracy, S., Davis, B., Byron, A., Talbot, L., Hymer, W., Calhern, L., Lawes, L. E., & Curtiz, M. (1933). 20,000 years in Sing Sing . Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. [distributed by Warner Home Video].

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilson Mizner et al.. 1933. 20,000 Years in Sing Sing. Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. [distributed by Warner Home Video].

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wilson Mizner et al.. 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. [distributed by Warner Home Video], 1933.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mizner, Wilson, et al. 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. [distributed by Warner Home Video], 1933.

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