12019-02-03T21:23:28+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11The Big House (1930)plain2019-02-03T21:23:28+00:00Critical Commons19302019-01-30T17:41:13ZVideoGeorge HillThe Big HousePatrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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12019-02-03T21:57:42+00:003.x12 The Big House1The Big House (1930)plain2019-02-03T21:57:42+00:00In the prison genre, how do you represent characters as individuals while acknowledging that they are living under a regime mandating strict conformity? A scene from The Big House provides one possible answer, employing seriality to highlight the pairing of Morgan and Butch while suggesting that the contemptible Kent is barely worthy of notice. Robert Montgomery is one of the film’s stars, and the camera glides by him as if he were an extra!