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Condemned!
Also known as Condemned to Devil’s Island in the USA
(1929) United States of America
B&W : 86 minutes
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Louis Wolheim, Dudley Digges, William Elmer, Albert Kingsley, William Vaughn, Constantine Romanoff, Stephen Selznick, Harry Ginsberg, Baldy Biddle, John George, Arturo Kobe, Emile Schwartz, John Schwartz, Bud Somers
Samuel Goldwyn, Incorporated, production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Screenplay by Sidney Howard, from the book Condemned to Devil’s Island by Blair Niles. Art direction by William Cameron Menzies. Dialogue direction by Dudley Digges. Cinematography by George S. Barnes and Gregg Toland. Film editor, Stuart Heisler. / Premiered 3 November 1929 at Selwyn Theatre in New York, New York. General release, 7 December 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 9000 feet). The film was rereleased in the USA as Condemned to Devil’s Island in 1944. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Keywords: Prisoners - Prisons - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 23 August 2009.
References: Baer-Film p. 51; Limbacher-Feature p. 48; Quirk-Colman pp. 17, 127-129; Smith-Colman pp. 95, 105-108, 112, 121, 235, 274; Sweeney-Coming p. 151 : Variety-19291106 p. 27.
Home video: DVD.
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