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When orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections, although in reality he's a bootlegger. The boy's life is disrupted when, as one of Kelly's hired hands, he refuses to identify his boss during a police raid and is sentenced to three years of hard labor in reform school, where he befriends a sickly boy named Shorty, who eventually is sent to solitary confinement. When Jimmy realizes his new pal is seriously ill and desperately needs medical attention, he escapes and goes to Kelly and Kelly's girlfriend, Peggy Gardner (Bette Davis), for help. Peggy contacts newspaper columnist Frank Gephardt, who is anxious to expose the conditions at the state industrial school. The authorities find Jimmy at Gephardt's office, but before they can apprehend him Kelly admits his involvement in the bootlegging operation and the boy is set free. He discovers Shorty has died, victimized by a corrupt system.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
- Item model number : 738329115029
- Director : Howard Higgin
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Black & White, NTSC, Original recording remastered
- Run time : 1 hour and 12 minutes
- Release date : June 18, 2013
- Actors : Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien
- Studio : Kino Lorber films
- ASIN : B00BUSYTQW
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #267,652 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #41,561 in Drama DVDs
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Trent was probably Gay, knowing what little facts that we have about this gifted actor. He relationship with known Gay Agent Henry Wilson, and the fact that he was living with Wilson at the time of his death supports this possibility. If true than Trent is a pride point for Gay males, and is in good company along with William Haines, Ramon Navarro, etc.
Truth is Trent Durkin died much too soon, what accomplishments he would have made is lost to time. Rest well Trent, you are not forgotten.
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in that situation. The plot is completely moral and straight laced. A young boy who appears to be an excellent young man that lives with his mother
in a rural setting is orphaned when a hit and run driver kills his mother. He goes to live with his aunt and uncle in the city. They are barely getting
by as it is and have taken in a slick boarder ( Pat O'Brien ) . The teenager is quite impressed with the older role model and takes a job with him.
Little does he know that O'Brien is in fact a bootlegger of booze . ( Prohibition of liquor being in place at the time . ) Bette Davis plays O'Briens' girl friend. When the teenager is left minding the back
alley booze store and the cops raid the place he is left holding the bag. Rather than rat out O'Brien he clams up and finds himself in reform school. When the life of his best friend in the reform school is put in jeopardy he engineers the classic escape , on a truck picking up the out going garbage pails. When the three major players reunite they go to the newspaper to try to get help for the distressed boy. In an unbelievable plot development O'Brien turns himself in to face prison in order to free the teenager from reform school. Very dated production which is best avoided
unless you simply must see the young Better Davis , who actually has little time on screen.
Released in 1932, Hell's House spotlights Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien in very early film roles, prior to them achieving fame at Warner Brothers. Hell's House is a rarely seen early talkie, it was made by poverty row film studio, "Astor Pictures". Like another one of Bette's very early films, "Of Human Bondage", she turns in a good solid performance. Pat O'Brien plays a bootlegger during prohibition who is trying to impress Davis and others with his charm. He actually turns out be a "low life weasel". Bette is unaware of O'Brien's true moral character until a young boy, a mutual friend of both, visits them and explains he was sent to reform school for trying to protect O'Brien from going to jail.
It's really young Junior Durkin, "Jimmy", who's the star of the movie. Although Bette gets top billing, the other actors appear in more scenes.
The picture quality of both features is good, but not exceptional, there is obvious wear, jitter, dirt, and scratches. Since Hell's House is an early "sound picture", there is a fair amount of audio noise also. Both these movies are in the public domain and neither of them have been restored on this double feature disc. If you are a perfectionist for video quality, then look elswewhere. I suggest the Kino 2013 release of Hell's House which has been restored from original elements. D.O.A. is sold by many other labels too, so there should be some excellent prints available. I can still give the package a high marks "5 star rating" because of the actual films themselves and the crazy low selling price of about three bucks! Recommended.





