20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang (1933)

Directed by

Roy Mack

Genre

comedy, music

Country

United States of America

Runtime

20 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Escaped prisoners try to break back into a jail because conditions have improved there. This short musical comedy spoofs earlier prison films.

lightheartedplayfulupbeatwhimsicalfunnysatiricalzanyfast-paced

What happens

20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang is an extant musical comedy film released in April 1933. The Vitaphone short was directed by Roy Mack. The 19-minute film is about escaped prisoners trying to break back into a jail where condition have improved dramatically. The film was written by A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood. It is a spoof of the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing. Songs include "Only Thirty Years More", "Sippin' on a Soda Pop", "Good Morning to You" and "Sing Sing Serenade", all by Cliff Hess; and "Darkness in the Delta" by Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg and Jerry Livingston. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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