The Big House (1930) Clip

I wanted to show the 1930 trailer for this film but could not find it so here is a short clip of the film.

The Big House (1930) Stills

Stills taken from the film.

The Big House ( 1930) Review.

The Big House (1930)

The Big House one of the first and the best of the prison movies of the 30's and a knock out at the 1930 box office. Chester Morris tough forceful performance was matched by Wallace Beery's as a condemned convict and Robert Montgomery was great as the cowardly  informer. MGM were not known for their tough gritty films as Warner Bro's were, so it's great that this film ever got made at all. But at time of the films release their was big talk as to how they would tackle crime in the USA.  

The Big House (1930)

The prison movie from MGM more about this movie the the coming weeks.

Brothers Mug Shots

Michigan brothers Jeffery and Crag Julian These are their county jail mug shots after being arrested on the charge of murder. The case took over two years to get to trail. Over the next few months I will be posting the different stages of these boys trail in photo form.

Welshboy Rant 6

What should an inmate have in his cell?. I think it should be just the basic things.

1 Bible

1 Shaving Mug

1 Disposable Razor, every three days to be changed.

1 Bed, Bedding to change once a week.

1 Sink + Toilet.

Now that should be it, we hear in the news that inmates are getting all kinds of things in their cells, even mobile phones were they can call out for take away food that is ( in open prisons). But these things have to be stopped.

Stone Wall Mug Shots

So many Mug Shots taken in the US are shot with a brick wall as the back ground as seen here in these two mug shots