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"UP THE RIVER” DEPICTS HAPPY PRISON INMATES
(State: Screening Wednesday next.) 4 ‘Up the River’ ’ is a welcome relief from the cycle of grim prison melodramas, with their worthy but solemn messages of social reform. It is fast, boisterous and socially unconscious.
The story foscuses on a group of happy inmates in a mythical state prison which boasts a radio in every
cell, gates that are practically revolving doors, and the best football team in the “Big Pen Conference.” Preston Foster is completely at home in his first light comedy role and the elongated Arthur Treacher, as Foster's partner in crime and football, gives his most polished performance. Tony Martin and Phyllis Brooks are excellent in the romantic leads and the other featured players include Slim Summerville, Bill Robinson, Alan Dinehart, F.ddie Collins, Jane Harwell and Sidney Toler.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 108, 10 May 1939, Page 5
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141Not-So-Sombre Penitentiary Walls Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 108, 10 May 1939, Page 5
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