20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
1933 film directed by Roy Mack
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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.[2] It is a spoof of the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.[3][4] and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing.[5]
Directed byRoy Mack
Written byA. Dorian Otvos
Cyrus Wood
Cyrus Wood
StarringJerry Bergen
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
| 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang | |
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| Directed by | Roy Mack |
| Written by | A. Dorian Otvos Cyrus Wood |
| Starring | Jerry Bergen |
| Cinematography | Edwin B. DuPar |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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[1] and Jerry Livingston.
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Cast
- Jerry Bergen[1]
- The Four Rollickers[1]
- Harry Shannon[1]
- Pickens Sisters[2][1]
- Jimmy Baskett[1]
- De Dios Dog Act[1]
- Charles Herbert[6]