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Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930. J. Thomas Shipp and Abraham S. Smith were African-American men who were murdered in a spectacle lynching by a group of thousands on August 7, 1930, in Marion, Indiana. They were taken from jail cells, beaten, and hanged from a tree in the county courthouse square.
Pages in category "1930s prison films" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 6,000 Enemies;
Films about lynching in the United States (5 P) This page was last edited on 22 July 2024, at 01:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The speculation as to Bannon’s responsibility in the house fire was also reported in a July 10, 1988 Williston (North Dakota) Herald [3] article entitled “Fair Project Recounts 1930’s Murder and Lynching” and a subsequent 1988 letter-to-the-editor of the Williston Herald, in response to the article, entitled “Mob Justice Means Whole ...
1930: The Big House: George W. Hill: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery: United States: Prison film [1] Born Reckless: John Ford, Andrew Bennison: Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Lee Tracy: United States [2] The Cat Creeps: Rupert Julian, John Willard: Helen Twelvetrees, Raymond Hackett, Neil Hamilton: United States [3] The ...
The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and stars Sylvia Sidney and Tracy, with a supporting cast featuring Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot, Edward Ellis and Walter Brennan. Loosely based on the events surrounding the Brooke Hart murder in San Jose, California, [4] the film was adapted by Bartlett Cormack and Lang from the story "Mob Rule" by ...
Two main types of crime films were released during the period: the gangster picture and the prison film. A triumvirate of gangster pictures were released in the early 1930s—Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932)—which were built on the template created by the first gangster movie, 1927's Underworld. All featured ...
The lynchings were carried out by a mob of San Jose citizens in St. James Park across from the Santa Clara County Jail, and were broadcast as a "live" event by a Los Angeles radio station. [4] The killings were tacitly endorsed by Governor James Rolph Jr. , who said he would pardon anyone convicted of the lynching. [ 3 ]