The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - Softcover

Nollen, Scott Allen

 
9780786466771: The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786466774 ISBN 13: 9780786466771
Publisher: McFarland, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

The late Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa. He had written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music.

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Publisher
McFarland
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0786466774
ISBN 13 
9780786466771
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
228