Hell's House (1932) | w/ Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien

Drama | USA | B&W | 68min Cast: Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien, Junior Durkin A teenager (Junior Durkin) lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss (Pat O'Brien). Bette Davis plays O'Brien's girlfriend. Young farmboy, Jimmy Mason (Durkin) is forced to go to the city when his mother is killed. He develops a relationship with small-time hood, Matt Kelly (O’Brien) and Kelly’s girlfriend Peggy (Davis). When Matt lets Jimmy take the fall for a crime, the young man is forced to go to a reform school where the conditions are deplorable. Bette Davis was on loan from Universal when she appeared in this melodrama from independent producer B.F. Zeidman.