Bogart's 2nd talkie, and already he's the star, though not in the type of role he'd become famous for. As in his early theatre work, he's cast as a clean cut upright young man who atypically ends up in prison, without his respectable family knowing, and his troubles and tribulations in and out of stir.
a great deal of footage is spent on the annual prison talent show (in black face, during which they cut to a close-up of a black prisoner's face, laughing hardest of all...hmmm...) and football game with a rival prison, then ends abruptly when one character says a fairly innocuous last line to tie everything up and Bang, The End, no end credits of course.
This juvenile part {at least it's in a decent picture) shows little of what Bogie would become, except a few moments of anger that glimpse that tough guy he'd ultimately become known for as a star.
a great deal of footage is spent on the annual prison talent show (in black face, during which they cut to a close-up of a black prisoner's face, laughing hardest of all...hmmm...) and football game with a rival prison, then ends abruptly when one character says a fairly innocuous last line to tie everything up and Bang, The End, no end credits of course.
This juvenile part {at least it's in a decent picture) shows little of what Bogie would become, except a few moments of anger that glimpse that tough guy he'd ultimately become known for as a star.