Year: 1939
Runtime: 82 mins
Language: English
Director: Leo C. Popkin
When a determined female warden takes charge of a state reform school, she fights to curb the cycle of crime and implement needed changes. The film was restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive, with National Endowment for the Arts support, using a 16 mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
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