| The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Contributor(s): Nollen, Scott Allen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786466774 ISBN-13: 9780786466771 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and on the lam for decades, he was aided only by his minister-poet brother, Vincent G. Burns. Their collaborative work, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang was the basis for Darryl F. Zanuck's and Mervyn Leroy's hard-hitting 1932 film adaptation from Warner Bros. This book traces the making and influence of the film--which launched a string of imitators--and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came. |