Mode-Art Can 814 (1935, silent)

Description: This is a trailer for a feature film, Black Fury, directed by Michael Curtiz.

From title in film:

"Black Fury - An exposé of the coal and iron police reign of terror in the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania."

The film stars Paul Muni and Karen Morley and was adapted from a story, Jan Volkanik, by Judge Michael Musmanno and a play, Bohunk, written by Harry R. Irving. The story is set in a fictional town based in the coal fields of western Pennsylvania. This version of the trailer is silent, missing its accompanying soundtrack.

Note on Can:" BLACK GLOVE Cuts"

"Mode-Art Can 814: Musmano Trailer

35 B/W Pix - MOS?"

Note on Leader:

"#509- Musmanno"

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Subjects: 1930s, Labor, Extractive industries, Law enforcement

Tags: Judge M.A. Musmanno; miners; company towns; coal; company police officers; labor strikes; police violence; police brutality; stills; illustrations;

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Mode-Art Pictures

Credits: By Judge Michael A. Musmanno

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mode-Art Pictures

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1935

Geographical Location: USA; Pennsylvania

Genre/Form: trailer

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 35mm film

Element: outs/trims

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 290