BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN.
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Frankie is an impoverished child of a kindly mother and an alcoholic father. He is about to graduate from school and his family cannot afford to clothe him. His teacher, Miss Williams, asks him to participate with the class in a performance in front of the school inspector. He steals the harmonica and is sent to reform school for punching a prison monitor. After this time he is released as an adult with two other inmates, and they spend their first evening of freedom together. Frankie escapes from jail and manages to attend a class reunion in the old schoolhouse.
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BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN. Presented by Bernard Steele. 1939. 9 reels, sd. Credits: Story, production, and direction, William K. Howard; screenplay, John Bright, Robert Tasker; film editor, Jack Murray. Paramount Pictures, Inc.; 21Apr39; LP8798.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q4839088 ↗ — color, country
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