Academy Awards, USA 1930
| Nominee Oscar | Best Director Frank Lloyd No official nominees had been announced this year. |
First National Pictures
Directed by Frank Lloyd
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Richard Barthelmess is a big city gangster who gets framed for shooting an innocent bystander. Convicted and sent to prison, he finds his calling conducting the all-prisoner orchestra. He even manages to write a song inspired by a prison sermon, which he croons no less than four times during the movie. He befriends the warden and eventually gets a pardon. Back on the streets, he finds limited success in his new profession as a musician, getting riled up when he hears audience members whispering "convict". He turns to his old gangster buddies, but when he gets dragged into a shootout the warden arrives just in time to stop him. Hybrid silent-talkie, but mostly talkie. Betty Compson is his dedicated moll.
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