The Big House

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American film film prison drama film

The Big House is a landmark 1930 American prison drama film noted for its early, gritty depiction of life behind bars and its influential role in shaping the prison film genre.

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Label Occurrences
The Big House canonical 8
The Male Prison 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
prison drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording

Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Achievement
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
castMember Chester Morris ⓘ
George F. Marion NERFINISHED ⓘ
J. C. Nugent ⓘ
Karl Dane ⓘ
Leila Hyams ⓘ
Lewis Stone ⓘ
Robert Montgomery ⓘ
Tom Kennedy ⓘ
Wallace Beery ⓘ
cinematographer Harold Wenstrom ⓘ
composer William Axt ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George W. Hill ⓘ
distributionFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor Blanche Sewell ⓘ
filmingStudio MGM ⓘ
surface form: MGM Studios
filmTechnique sound film ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
prison film ⓘ
hasTheme crime and punishment ⓘ
friendship among inmates ⓘ
prison life ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
influenced later American prison films ⓘ
mainCharacter Butch ⓘ
Kent Marlowe ⓘ
Morgan ⓘ
motionPictureRating Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: pre-Code Hollywood
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor early gritty depiction of prison life ⓘ
influential role in shaping the prison film genre ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer George W. Hill ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1930-06-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1930 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 87 ⓘ
screenwriter Frances Marion ⓘ
Joseph Farnham ⓘ
setIn prison ⓘ
settingPeriod contemporary to 1930s ⓘ

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Harold Rosson → notableWork → The Big House ⓘ
Nobody Knows My Name → hasEssay → The Big House ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Male Prison
Wallace Beery → notableWork → The Big House ⓘ
Wallace Beery → performedIn → The Big House ⓘ
Leslie Fenton → notableWork → The Big House ⓘ
Robert Montgomery → starredIn → The Big House ⓘ
Frances Marion → notableWork → The Big House ⓘ
Polly Moran → notableWork → The Big House ⓘ
George W. Hill → notableWork → The Big House ⓘ