| 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang | |
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 Title card | |
| Directed by | Roy Mack |
| Written by | A. Dorian Otvos Cyrus Wood |
| Starring | Jerry Bergen |
| Cinematography | Edwin B. DuPar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang is an extant musical comedy film released in April 1933. TheVitaphone short was directed byRoy Mack. The 19-minute film is about escaped prisoners trying to break back into a jail where condition have improved dramatically. The film was written byA. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood.[2] It is a spoof of the 1932 filmI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.[3][4] and20,000 Years in Sing Sing.[5]
Songs include "Only Thirty Years More", "Sippin' on a Soda Pop", "Good Morning to You" and "Sing Sing Serenade", all byCliff Hess; and "Darkness in the Delta" byMarty Symes,Al J. Neiburg[1] andJerry Livingston.
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