The Big House
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Directed by	George W. Hill
Produced by	Irving Thalberg
Written by	Joseph Farnham Martin Flavin Frances Marion Lennox Robinson
Starring	Robert Montgomery Wallace Beery Chester Morris Lewis Stone
Music by	Louis Silvers
Cinematography	Harold Wenstrom
Editing by	Blanche Sewell
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	1930
Running time	87 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Big House is a 1930 film that was written by Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion and Lennox Robinson; it was directed by George W. Hill. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... George William Hill (April 25, 1895 - August 10, 1934) was an American film director and cinematographer. ... Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 - September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. ... Joseph Farnham (December 2, 1884 - June 2, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. ... Martin (Archer) Flavin (b. ... Frances Marion Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century. ... Lenox Robinson (October 4, 1886 - October 15, 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. ... Robert Montgomery (May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... Chester Morris John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 - September 11, 1970) was an American actor. ... Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor. ... Louis Silvers was a movie composer, whose work has been used in more then 250 movies. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee... Joseph Farnham (December 2, 1884 - June 2, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. ... Martin (Archer) Flavin (b. ... Frances Marion Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century. ... Lenox Robinson (October 4, 1886 - October 15, 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. ... George William Hill (April 25, 1895 - August 10, 1934) was an American film director and cinematographer. ...

The film was prepared for production with Lon Chaney, Sr. chosen for the role of Butch, a violent career criminal who rules the cellblock and has no redeeming qualities. Due to Chaney's death, this role went to Wallace Beery, at the time a comparatively obscure actor. Lon Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930), nicknamed The Man of a Thousand Faces, was an American actor during the age of silent films. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ...

Robert Montgomery plays a man convicted of drunk driving manslaughter, who is hardened by his contacts with the prisoners where he is incarcerated. Other known stars include Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Leila Hyams. Robert Montgomery (May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director. ... Drunk driving (drink driving in the UK) or drinking and driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol (i. ... Chester Morris John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 - September 11, 1970) was an American actor. ... Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor. ... Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American film actress. ...

Marion won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. Douglas Shearer also won the Academy Award for Sound. Wallace Beery was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the film was nominated for Best Picture. The movie launched Beery's sound career to new heights; a top supporting actor in silents, Beery had been dropped by his studio when sound came in, but after The Big House hit a success in the box office, Beery became the world's highest paid actor within two years. The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ... Douglas G. Shearer (November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971) was a pioneer sound designer and director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. ... The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ...

Other movies with the same name were released in 1998 and 2000. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Big House at the Internet Movie Database

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