The Big House (film)

The Big House (film)

Infobox Film | name = The Big House



image_size = 200px
caption = original lobby card
director = George W. Hill
producer = Irving Thalberg
writer = Joseph Farnham Martin Flavin Frances Marion Lennox Robinson
starring = Robert Montgomery Wallace Beery Chester Morris Lewis Stone
music = Louis Silvers
cinematography = Harold Wenstrom
editing = Blanche Sewell
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = 1930
runtime = 87 min.
language = English
country = USA
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0020686

"The Big House" is a 1930 film that was written by Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion and Lennox Robinson, and directed by George W. Hill.

The film was prepared for production with Lon Chaney, Sr. chosen for the role of Butch, a violent career criminal who rules the cellblock and has no redeeming qualities. Due to Chaney's death, this role went to Wallace Beery, a major supporting actor in silent films, and proved Beery's big breakthrough into sound films, garnering an Oscar nomination.

Robert Montgomery plays a man convicted of drunk driving manslaughter, who is hardened by his contacts with the prisoners where he is incarcerated. Other actors include Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, and Leila Hyams.

Marion won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement. Douglas Shearer also won the Academy Award for Sound. Wallace Beery was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the film was nominated for Best Picture. The movie launched Beery's sound career to new heights; a top supporting actor in silents, Beery had been dropped by his studio when sound came in, but after "The Big House" hit a success in the box office, Beery became the world's highest paid actor within two years.

Other movies with the same name were released in 1998 and 2000.

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