Reform School
“A LONE WOMAN STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND A LIFE OF CRIME!”
A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
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Louise Beavers
Mother Barton
Known for
Imitation of Life
Holiday Inn
Reginald Fenderson
Freddie Gordon
Also in
Gang War
Ransom for a Dead Man
Monte Hawley
Jackson
Also in
Double Deal
Mystery in Swing
Eugene Jackson
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Known for
Cimarron
Cleopatra Jones
Freddie Jackson
Eddie
Also in
Take My Life
Rhythm Rodeo
Leo C. Popkin Director · Joseph O'Donnell Screenplay Hazel Jamieson Screenplay
United States release April 27, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Million Dollar Productions
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 27, 1939
Theatrical
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