THE DEVIL IS A SISSY.
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A specially prepared excerpt from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production. May be rented only for educational purposes where no admission is charged. Weekly rental $3. Deals with the psychology of gang formation and repression.
Claude Pierce is an aristocratic and well-bred boy from England, whose parents have received a divorce. He starts attending a public school in New York City, where he stands out among his schoolmates. He soon gets on the bad side of two lower-class kids, Robert "Buck" Murphy and James "Gig" Stevens. Gig is in a dark mood because his father is about to be executed for murder. He wants to raise the money to buy a headstone for his father's grave. The boys steal toys which they can sell at a pawn shop to raise money.
Claude Pierce is an aristocratic and well-bred boy from England, whose parents have received a divorce. He starts attending a public school in New York City, where he stands out among his schoolmates. He soon gets on the bad side of two lower-class kids, Robert "Buck" Murphy and James "Gig" Stevens. Gig is in a dark mood because his father is about to be executed for murder. He wants to raise the money to buy a headstone for his father's grave. The boys steal toys which they can sell at a pawn shop to raise money.
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THE DEVIL IS A SISSY. 1936. 9 reels, sd., b&w. Credits: Producer, Frank Davis; director, W. S. Van Dyke; story, Rowland Brown; screenplay, John Lee Mahin, Richard Schayer; film editor, Tom Held; music score, Herbert Stothart. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.; 19Sep36; LP6607.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, credits, catalog record
- Educational Film Guide 1946 — title, creator, length, format, sound, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q7729973 ↗ — color, country
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