Hell's House (1932) BETTE DAVIS
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2018
- Stars: Junior Durkin, Bette Davis, Pat O'Brien
Writer/Director: Howard Higgin
In this Pre-Code Hollywood melodrama, when an orphaned teenager lands in a brutal reform school after refusing to squeal on his bootlegger pal, he later escapes to let the world know about its cruel conditions. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
This movie was an absolute gem great acting all around which made these black and white classics so great !!
Excellent movie! I sure love the golden era of Hollywood, so much better than the stuff of today.
I never understand why one can't compliment a film from one decade w/out insulting the films of the present. There are terrific films in every decade and yes, even now.
A young Junior Durkin, (Jimmy Mason) the boy in this film was being groomed for bigger things in Hollywood by RKO Radio Pictures when his career was tragically cut short. Many said he was a natural on film and worked steadily through the early to mid 30s. He was sadly killed at the age of 19 in a horrific car accident in 1935, only 3 years after this film was made. Today unfortunately he's largely forgotten, but if he wasn't killed, he may of been a big star. A young Bette Davis was working for Universal at this point her her career and after this film was made her contract was not renewed. Universal basically discarded her. She was on her way back home to New York with her mother when George Arliss from Warner Bothers called her and told her he wanted her in a film the studio was producing, The Man Who Played God. She stayed, played in the movie and Warner's picked her up as a contract player. The rest is history. Bette always said how grateful she was to George Arliss and basically owed her career to him. Sometimes a simple twist of fate changes everything. A horrible car crash ended Junior Durkin's career, a single phone call started Bette's.
Thanks.
Wow! You are a wealth of trivia. I enjoyed your story very much. Thanks!
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Shouldn’t included that catch a **** line.
@@geographicoddity9444 me too!
Groomed is the operative word here. He lived at gay agent Henry Willson's house and was his 'boy toy'. Parents, studios and others kept quiet as long as Henry kept working his magic.
Bette Davis was beautiful...and historically the greatest actress of all time!!!
Yeah, but she could have used a Brazilian butt lift, a little plastic surgery to even out her boobs, hair extensions and a nose ring. Then she’d be truly beautiful...
ckom0007 lol
Red Fox 333
Thank God somebody got that!
ckom0007 yes i get it !
So many fake looking people today it’s ridiculous
Red Fox 333
Absolutely!
An up and coming ⭐️ actor who knows what and how far he could have gone. His tragic death from a vehicle accident prevented that, always in my💜
Wonderful movie and lessons about the past. B & W movies are the best!
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A much warm and simpler time when everyone wore hats. I wear mine in honor of my grandfather.
Nice! I love these movies because the way people used to talk so forward and the way used to dress.
Elegance and manners❤️❤️
I think that is really wonderful of you😉
I wear a fedora and sometimes a tam for the same reason. My sister says I look like our grandfather. A senior cousin said I sound like him on the phone. It's an honor as far as I'm concerned.
Love Hats.
I am still crying. Such good pictures. These should be reshown in theatres.
Cecelia Barker Yes! Years ago when thing were more “Normal” in NYC once a month they would have some theaters that showed the Classic films! 🎬❤️✨👍
Cecelia, I'm with you. All the old movies should be rerun in the theaters. The people deserve to see this art on the frame it was filmed for to truly appreciate it's value.
Great movie, I love b & w flicks, Bette Davis was something - thank you , subbed .
I was born 1940.
So these are the type of Movies my Mom saw.
What a different America!
My mom never talked about movies....lol
Second time watching this. Absolutely sad yet beautiful ❤. I love Bette Davis's sense of protection and kindness in this movie ❤❤❤
What a fun movie. Thanks a lot for putting it here. These old movies are a treasure.
what a great lovely story... put me into so much tears again... that boy was so good to everyone and had been loyal to his bad boss and been a very good loving caring pal to Shorty... the institution back then was very cruel i suppose.. how hard to be an orphan or abandoned by parents and stay in that cruel place... i really cried so much especially when his pal Shorty died... how i hated that bad boss who had forsaken him but glad that his heart and conscience was awakened in the end with the help of Frank.. Thx to that kindhearted man... just wish that teens and men nowadays are like them... love this movie much.. it's worth watching... old movies are much more wonderful and sensible than the new ones and i love them much much more... Thx for making me cry again lol.. thx for sharing this lovely story!!! congrats to all the players, writer and director.. they all have been excellent!!!
I love watching these B&W movies, so much depth in the storylines..
A movie worth watching. The young boys all good Actors. How Innocence and hardship ( not of their own making) , having HOPE, Trust, brings suffering and tragedy. Yet love and goodness overcomes.
The quality of this movie is remarkably good.
So great a movie, I saved it. The storyline and acting were very real. Thank you for downloading.
Thank you so much for this upload. Great quality considering it is nearly 90 years since this film was made. Wish more of Trent Durkin's films would resurrect.
Sometimes life is so odd. Not sure why I watched this. I do like pre-code films and this is one Bette Davis film I had not seen and I thought I had seen them all.
However the big surprise was Trent (Junior) Durkin. From his first scene I was struck by something he radiated. He was for such a young man totally charismatic had that certain something. What they called during the silent films "IT". He had IT.
So I decided to research this young man whom I'd never heard of. The story is one of those tragedies of life. He was being groomed and expected to be a big star. But at age 19 he was killed in an auto accident. I could only think of James Dean. But in this case Trent was not driving nor being wreckless. There were 4 or 5 people in the auto and all were killed but one. Jackie Coogan. Jackie's father was driving the auto.
I always feel sad at the loss of someone young and full of promise. Also he was the first client of a young Agent Henry Wilson who became somewhat notorious. I knew him in passing during the 1960's with no idea of his history other than being Rock Hudson's agent.
Thus this film has an extra importance. Trent made about 10 films during 4 years but I don't know how many survived. He should not be forgotten. Also it reminds us of the brutality and exploitation that existed against orphans and juveniles. I wonder that the script did not deal with the mother being killed by a hit and run driver. In my lifetime this is illegal but there seemed to be no attention given to this in the film. I wonder if it was commonplace and acceptable or if they simply did not want to deal with this event in the script. If the lad had been more alert he'd have grabbed that man before he re-entered his auto and smashed his face in. The character of Jimmy however was very inspiring. He could have so easily become a bad apple but his honesty and sincerity were admirable and very brilliantly played by Trent.
I just wanted to take those poor boys home😪, these movies like a good book you get sucked in👍👍 Thanks for the upload 😍🙏🙏🙏
What a sweet & sad movie...when even the bad guy had a heart.
That was just grand. Bette Davis is just wonderful as is the rest of the cast.
Thank you very much from Montréal 🇨🇦
I loved this film.She got Bettie Davis eyes.
Great little flick. Betty Davis had the sassy on lock. Love her. Jezebel is the first movie I saw her in, totally fell for her.
Thank you very much for uploading.
This world is a painful and unfair place.
So many people`s lives are woven of a continuous thread of suffering.
Heart wrenching story of lives in Prohibition Era, Depression Era America.
Rosey01222; What's heartBREAKING is knowing that children today are being trafficked as sex slaves, which is much worse than labor slaves. I'm so happy that so many are being rescued under the Trump administration. :)
WTF is better about a labor slave? What's a labor slave and were are they rescued from? Just curious, don't understand your comment. Maybe in China or N.K idk
Ella Mone; Yes, China, North Korea & work houses in the U.S. Child labor laws were passed to end this cruelty in the early 20th century.
Barbara Bowman ABSOLUTELY OUR HERO🇺🇸❗️❗️❗️👍👍👍
People were more respectful I think back then. I am in all favor of hanging of those who sex trafficking.
Bette Davis gets top billing, but she's only onscreen for about 5 minutes.
Like stepping through a time machine. Love these talkies.
Incredible Bette Davis was young once. Remarkable.
Ahhhhhhh heartfelt film for me to watch while quarantining💗
LOVE that we can find these here! Thank you!!
Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.
Gee, those mugs are swell. A good picture, thank you for posting.
It’s really sad how juniothe story behind Junior Durkin passed away he would have been an up and coming ⭐️
Thank you Pizza Flix, once again a gem of a film, altough there were tears, sad moments were followed by that feeling of everything will turn out for the best in the end.
Just watching every film Bette Davis appeared in. Didn’t know what the film’s about and it sort of surprised me. It’s heartbreaking 💔
A shame that Trent Junior Durkin died at 19 when returning from a hunting trip in Mexico. Durkin with Jackie Coogan and others was a passenger in a car driven by Coogan's father. An oncoming car caused Coogan's father to swerve and the car tumbled over into a creek bed, killing everyone but Jackie Coogan.
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Thanks for the interesting info!!!
Moving Story 😢. Thank you for posting these great movies 💕🌻
Absolutely superb PizzaFlix!!!! One of the best movies that I have seen and my 1st with Bette Davis. I read her biography many years ago, yet had never seen her on film. THANK YOU!!!!!
A FIVE PEPPERONI PizzaFLIX. Thanks for watching. May the Sauce be with you.
Never seen her on film? Are you kidding? She made dozens of major films for Warner Brothers and they're on television all the time. Have you been living under a rock?
@@JamesKidd007 where would we be without PizzaFLIX?
James Kidd I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.....STRANGE
@@JamesKidd007 Hey, if Steve Martin is in his 30s or 40s, then of course he wouldn’t be familiar with Bette Davis or any other actors of that period.
Television?? Are you serious?? People have long dropped television for movie watching and instead watch the older movies on CZcams. Have YOU been living under a rock??
I stumbled upon this, looking for films with Junior Durkin. "Hell's House" is a treasure! Thank you!
Thanks I'll check it out.
This movie made me so sad I cried. I do know that it was that bad back then for poor ppl. My grandpa told me stories,. And orphans were treated horribly. My heart goes out to them and all orphaned children. I can’t imagine not having my mommy and daddy to raise me. I would have turned out much worse, angry hateful and maybe even a woman who uses ppl or maybe ended up in prison. Who knows. But my parents raised me to know Jesus and with love. My dad passed away of brain tumor when I was 21, it left a big empty hole in my heart. I miss him very much. It’s because of my daddy praying for me all those years, that I turned back to God. I rebelled for a while, like most teens. But I soon found out life is not better away from home. Nobody will ever love u like your parents do . So imagine losing them at an early age, it truly must be just awful. So yes I cried at this movie. By the way I’ve never seen Bette Davis look so young. What an amazing actress. Thank u for the upload. You’re awesome. I fall asleep every nite watching one of your uploads. I appreciate it more than you know.
The Depression. Tough all around.
That was funny. You are a very funny ppl.
I've seen heartbreaking photos taken during the depression showing ppl selling their children. Many were abandoned or worse. The mothers couldn't Handel watching them starve to death. My grandmother told me some horrific stories about that time. She was in her 80s & would still cry about it.
Whatever happened to Baby Jane is one of Bette Davis' best. She is superb as Baby Jane Hudson
Love these movies with bette davis
Just love these old movies, they were old when I was young lol 60 odd years ago!
bette davis was BEAUTIFUL!!
Awesome how jimmy evolved and got mature.
Great film, thank you!
She's got Bette Davis eyes😍😍😍
Sweet! Thank you. I love this genre. 👍😎
I'm surprised no one commented on the use of the "N" word when the boy was at his uncle's door in the beginning. It was shocking to hear.
I caught That!!!
Yeah haha caught me off guard
Shocking? Im shocked it wasn't used every other word.
Thanks to people like you, now everyone knows.
Get well soon.
Here in 2023, it has become a term of endearment for young folks
Wow ! Bette Davis eyes !! She was a great actress, a beautiful woman and a true diva !!
Bette Davis was no diva. She was very down to earth and a little (maybe a lot) on the trashy side in real life. She reminded me so much of my dearly departed grandmother. They both had a mouth like a sailor, smoked like a chimney and never took guff from anyone. She was a beautiful woman and an amazing actress. She’s always been my favorite.
I'm a huge Bette fan......but I have one trivial question. At what point, and why, did she start drawing her upper lip straight across instead of leaving her own pretty lip shape. In this movie her natural lip shape looks so nice. Sure would love to know the reasoning behind this later decision. 🙂Anyway....there's no one like her. Always fascinating. My personal favorite is "Now Voyager".
from what I've seen of hers so far, i absolutely loved 'Of Human Bondage' (her British accent there is hilarious - reminiscent Of Dick Van Dyke's in Mary Poppins!) , also just watched 'Dark Victory' which was so sad . Also loved' The old Maid' which was also really sad. I prefer sad or dark films to happy ones. Happy ones don't seem to have enough depth.
Ps - yes - I've been noticing how her top lip looked straight across and I thought it was odd too - maybe the two sides weren't symmetrical or something? no excuse really!
I wish I seen Bette Davis more in the movie,that's why I'm watching.
Thank you. It's a great and beautiful movie. I enjoy it.
I just love these pre code hollywood movies!! Im excited to find this one with bette davis in so young! Thanks pizza 🍕
I love your channel. Thank you for sharing all of these wonderful movies.
Great film . All the actors were great . 😀👍👌
All star. Always enjoy Bette Davis. Pat O'Brian has bed a favorite also. Ankther good classic!
Pizza, you are the best. Thank you!!!!💕💕💕
Bette Davis shines here as angelic presence, IMO the script could be better. It starts slowly, the Hell House isn't as scary as it might have been, and the sympathetic character is a little weaselly. However it works, largely due to intelligent direction from an acknowledged master.
It's not supposed to be scary hell house is another word for prison
“We're all kind of weird and twisted and drowning.”― Haruki Murakami
Lol well mom you haven't lost your punch have you .so cute 🥰💔 poor mom,wonderful movie thank you so much it's a movie with a great message. 🤩🍿😃💯👍🍿🍿🍿🍿
Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.
So happy you are back on You Tube. I thought you were going for good. Great movie BTW
Thanks for being a wonderful account bringing us celluloid beauty, tears, escapism, wonder, and entertainment.
Good flick. Love O'Brien. Oh! And Betty Davis
Wonderful and awesome job.Thank you
I like bette s attitude the way she speaks ans walks like modern 2019
My Ibraheem she’s still the best.🙏
Loved it.
Bella y tierna pelicula. Congratulations. God bless you, and thank you for give us the chance to see it.
Absolutely stunning🌸
Junior Durkin was pretty good!👌
Welcome back, PizzaFlix! I was missing you.
No one has mentioned Edward O'Brien. Pretty good actor too! I just watched a Bette Davis documentary. Interesting life of course.
Thank you for a great hearted tear jerker..
amazingly good print ! wow ...i was afraid to even try as many newer films are unwatchable for print quality, but this is unbelievable
Enjoyed. Thank you.
Finally the rat did his job in taking responsibility and the boy went free. Beautiful Bette Davis and movie👍.
Bette Davis was really cute as a young woman. Always enjoyed Pat O'Brien. Enjoyed this film very much.
she was adorable and SMART, way ahead of her time.
Debra Bolton "cute" doesn't even begin to describe her. She was absolutely gorgeous as a young woman. & you can see exactly why Howard Hughes got into her knickers
Davis was a just wisp of a thing. A real cutie.
Great movie PizzaFlix, thank you!! Looks like they misspelled Junior's surname in the credits, kind of surprising.
He went by Durkin and/or Dirkin.
In McLaren Hall it was the same way ,many of us suffered so many corrections and bad food , bad treatment , abuse , we worked to have time for the radio ,for a few hours for one day. And there was extreme punishment , I saw so much abuse,, we were finally released to foster homes . That was horror at times
Excellent Restoration!
Really good! Thanks!!
Great old film ty so much.
Thank you !😘🍁
Honest Journalist back in the Day! How far they have sunk! Demonic now!
Kathleen Weber YUP! And...it’s all about the mighty dollar!!
Kathleen Weber yes The mainstream media are fully out of the closet now - they are political hacks for the Democrats.
Betty Davis’ ( given birth name... Ruth) ACTING IS TIMELESS... !!! She’s Always simply amazing!!! Thank you for this great video❤️⭐️👍✨🎬
Her name is BETTE Davis, not "Betty", Stefany!
I have always loved Bette Davis's moviesas a matter of fact I owe some of'em like Jezabel all about Eve, Now voyager I wish to have Whstever happened to baby Jane, I just watched one I never watched before
The one I just watched is of human bondage, thank U
always loved her ty very much
A real tear jerker!!!
Fantastic movie - thank you! Where have all the guys like Jimmy gone? Reminds me of home. The old movies had such good plots and actors - I'm thrilled to have found another great one.
This is only the second movie ive watched with a young Bette Davis, i'd only seen her in her later years, so theres a lot of catching up for me!!!
This was the kind of government school I went to as a 10 year old boy guy grale female.
thank you for your OLD movies.
So the goody good shoe demoncats with their magnanimous compassion did away with the greatest help for societies success!
manuel maldonado jr
"Get a pipe at the new backdrop".
Priceless. Timeless.
😎💛love Bette..
Catch a who?? Looks like my film noir just got a whole lot darker didn't it? Well he escaped just to let the world know about the cruelness of a reform school. Yet he'd deliberately catch someone by the toe to solve some no brainer of his. It's just a movie but it makes my skin hurt. I dont think I'm going to continue this movie. Maybe if the pizza would have made a disclaimer about the language I could have tolerated it.
🏆 Ruthie!
Oh grow up.
Now, now. Go see a therapist and get over your emotional owie.
These movies play a bit then turn off when I start up it starts at the end of where it ended. How do I stop the madness 😫 lol
Bette Davis got me worked up when she 60 years old.
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Gash Darn, that was good movie !
Loving your channel
Love Bette Davis. Great movie.