Blackwell's Island (Warner Bros.) (1939)

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John Garfield BLASTS» He risked his life to expose the shameful truth— that America harbored a jail where convicts had to pay for beds, for food, for life itself! Your ‘Four Daughters’ discovery blazes up the road te fame in a drama that explodes with action... and blasts with thrills! The rottenest prison on earth... in the biggest city in the world! with ROSEMARY LAN and the sensational new scene-stealer day is a memorial to those STANLEY FIELDS | Sananseree.ter Directed by WILLIAM McGANN .Screen Play by Crane fered in its predecessor! Wilbur + Original Story by Crane Wilbur and Lee Katz « A First National Picture Presented by WARNER BROS. The model, up-to-date prison that exists here to He was dictator of the most incredible sacket that ever Shocked this nation! Mat 108 5% inches (80 lines) — 15c Mat 305 — 6 inches x 3 cols. (225 lines) — 45c THIS AD ALSO IN FOUR-COLUMN SIZE Order Mat 401 — 7 inches x 4 cols. (412 lines) —60c This man ruled 2500 tortured souls—made them pay tribute to him... or die! A jail where keepers took their orders from convict bosses ...where prisoners bought their beds, cells, even food from a ruthless crime dictator! with Directed by WILLAM a McGANN Screen Play by ROSEMARY LANE ~ Crane Wilbur Original Story by Crane Wilbur and Lee STAN LEY FIELDS Katz + A First Nat’! Picture Presented by WARNER BROS. This film is a tribute to those brave men who built a model prison out of the racket-ridden ruins of Blackwell’s Island! Mat 301 — 6% inches x 3 cols. (282 lines) — 45c [3]