20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang

1933 film directed by Roy Mack February 2025 February 2025 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang 20000 Cheers.png Title card Roy Mack A. Dorian OtvosCyrus Wood Jerry Bergen Edwin B. DuPar Warner Bros. Warner Bros. 1933 04 19 minutes United States English 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang is an extant musical comedy film released in April 1933. The Vitaphone short was directed by Roy 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 by A. Dorian Otvos and Cyrus Wood.https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/400704/20-000-cheers-for-the-chain-gang https://web.archive.org/web/20180831191744/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/400704/20-000-Cheers-For-The-Chain-Gang/ dead August 31, 2018 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang Turner Classic Movies It is a spoof of the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.https://www.kozaksclassiccinema.com/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang-1932/ I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Erin Elisavet Kozak January 14, 2017https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-15-ca-dvd15-story.html Seven movies that mattered May 15, 2005 Los Angeles Times and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing.https://books.google.com/books?id=nA7HAgAAQBAJ&dq=%2220%2C000+Cheers+for+the+Chain+Gang%22&pg=PA25 Not to be Missed: Fifty-four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film Kenneth Turan June 3, 2014 PublicAffairs 9781610393676 Google Books Songs include "Only Thirty Years More", "Sippin' on a Soda Pop", "Good Morning to You" and "Sing Sing Serenade", all by Cliff Hess; and "Darkness in the Delta" by Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg and Jerry Livingston. Plot Four convicts escape from a prison chain gang shortly before changes are made for a blue ribbon commission inspection. When the escapees learn prisoners eat steak every night and have stage shows, they beg the warden to take them back in. Cast Jerry BergenLiebman Roy 2003 Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc. 95 978-0-7864-4697-1 The Four Rollickers Harry Shannon Pickens Sisters Jimmy Baskett De Dios Dog Act Charles Herberthttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/208800/the-daily-mail/ Clipped From The Daily Mail The Daily Mail August 23, 1933 3 newspapers.com References External links 0023730 20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang at AllMovie 400704 Category:1933 films Category:1933 musical comedy films Category:1933 short films Category:1933 American films Category:1933 English-language films Category:American comedy short films Category:American musical short films Category:American parody films Category:English-language comedy short films Category:English-language musical comedy films Category:Films about prison escapes Category:Films directed by Roy Mack Category:Vitaphone short films