Prison Without Bars

Name: Prison Without Bars
Genre: Drama
Released: 1939-04-09
Duration: 1 h 12 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry K. Barnes

1938
Approved
1h 12m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Corinne Luchaire in Prison Without Bars (1938)

Drama

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, so that all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her ha... Read allSuzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, so that all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her harsh manners. After Yvonne with her free-thinking ways is put in charge of the school for m... Read allSuzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, so that all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her harsh manners. After Yvonne with her free-thinking ways is put in charge of the school for misbehaving girls and asks them to tell her their complaints, they don't believe her at fir... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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7leedsbertieyellow

Alexander Korda film. Very rare to find.

I have a copy of this film on DVD. If anyone should want a copy please phone Stuart Mallinson 01535 634629 and I will happily do you a copy for the small cost of the postage and the blank DVD. This film is now public domain but I cannot upload it on to UTUBE. Regards Stuart Mallinson.

8Wayland_Wombat

Gem of a film

Just watched film in YouTube, been wanting to see for a while, and not disappointed, print on version a bit cropped, apparently BFI has original print. This really needs an official release deservers to be seen, I understand from YouTube it will be taken down very shortly

6boblipton

Edna Best Is Always Right

Edna Best takes over a girl's reformatory and institutes new methods, including trusting the girls. She is opposed by the old guard of matrons, all of whom wear black, under the stony-faced tutelage of the old matron, Martitia Hunt.

Edna Best plays her saint-like role with nicely revealed emotionalism, annoying fiancee Barry K. Barnes, who wants to get married now that his appointment in India has come through. This black-and-white production offers a decidedly black-and-white attitude towards prison reform.

The copy I looked at had been severely cropped on the sides, making the credits difficult to read and offering a weird and ugly mise-en-scene. Look out for an instantly recognized Glynis Johns in her third screen appearance.

10drunkenmonkey5823

Fantastic Film! Should of made it big! A+++++++++++++++++++++

This film is rare to find but I have a copy of it on VHS which I purchased from a US hard-to-find video site, and loved it! Great acting ability from the adorable Glynis Johns and Verena Rice. Edna Best is a delight, Mary Morris shows real skills and Martita Hunt brings a lot to her role.

With the superb Director, Brian Desmond Hurst, and the well known Producer, Alexander Korda, the only reason I can think that this film did not do well is because I heard that the main star, Corinne Luchaire, got together with a German Nazi just after the films release.

Such a shame! Enjoyed the film greatly all the same and wish it could be released in the stores! A+

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This film had its earliest documented telecasts in New York City Friday 21 January 1949 on Film Theater of the Air on WCBS (Channel 2) and in Los Angeles Sunday 20 February 1949 on KTSL (Channel 5); it first aired in Cincinnati Saturday 7 January 1950 on WLW-T (Channel 4), and in Philadelphia Saturday 13 May 1950 on WFIL (Channel 6).