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1930
The Big House is a 1930 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by George Hill, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. The story and dialogue were written by Frances Marion, who won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. As one of the first prison movies, it inspired many others of this genre.
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The early 1930s represent arguably the most fascinating period in Hollywood's history, primarily due to the revolutionary introduction of sound technology that established much of the cinematic language we recognise today. This era was equally remarkable for the relative creative freedom filmmakers enjoyed in the absence of the oppressive Production Code that would later constrain Hollywood output. This brief window…More
