Karloff : criminal kind : The criminal code, The guity generation, Behind the mask /

The criminal code: A young man is convicted of murder, even though it was self-defense, by a harsh judge. Several years later the convict becomes a chauffeur for the judge turned warden and he falls in love with the warden's daughter, who tries to have him pardoned.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Flavin, Martin, 1883-1967 (Author), Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964 (Author, Screenwriter)
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Huston, Walter, 1884-1950 (Actor), Holmes, Phillips, 1907-1942 (Actor), Cummings, Constance, 1910-2005 (Actor), Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969 (Actor), Carrillo, Leo (Actor), Young, Robert, 1907-1998 (Actor), Holt, Jack, 1888-1951 (Actor), Cohn, Harry, 1891-1958 (Producer), Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 (Director), Lee, Rowland V., 1891-1975 (Director), Dillon, John Francis (Director), Niblo, Fred, Jr., 1903-1973 (Screenwriter), Miller, Seton I. (Screenwriter), Osborne, Robert, 1932-2017 (Commentator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English soundtrack.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2013]
Series:TCM vault collection.
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Summary:The criminal code: A young man is convicted of murder, even though it was self-defense, by a harsh judge. Several years later the convict becomes a chauffeur for the judge turned warden and he falls in love with the warden's daughter, who tries to have him pardoned.
The guily generation: This Prohibition-era twist on Romeo and Juliet reflected a turn in the tide of public opinion against mobsters, who had long been glamorized in the movies.
Behind the mask: "It is a complicated but addictive tale of a secret service agent who infiltrates a gang of drug smugglers to bring down its ringleader, the elusive Dr. X, and his henchman Henderson."--Container.
Item Description:Title from container.
DVD release date: May 20, 2012.
Special features include publicity stills, scene stills, movie posters, Robert Osborne Introduction.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:3 videodisc (1 hr., 36 min., 1 hr., 21 min., 1 hr., 8 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; full frame, aspect ratio: 1.33:1; Dolby Digital.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:The criminal code (1931 ; 96 min.): Columbia Pictures Corporation production; directed by Howard Hawks; produced by Harry Cohn; from the stage play by Martin Flavin; adaptation and added dialogue, Fred Niblo and Seton I. Miller; photography, Teddy Tetzlaff, James How; editing, Edward Curtiss.
The guily generation (1931 ; 81 min.): Columbia Pictures Corporation production; directed by Rowland V. Lee; written by Jack Cunningham; produced by Harry Cohn; photography, Byron Haskin; editing, Otis Garrett.
Behind the mask (1932 ; 68 min.): Columbia Pictures Corporation production; directed by John Francis Dillon; written by Jo Swerling (story "In the Secret Service" and script), Dorothy Howell; photography, Teddy Tetzlaff; editing, Otis Garrett.