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20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang
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Directed byRoy Mack
Written byA. Dorian Otvos
Cyrus Wood
StarringJerry Bergen
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • April 1933 (1933-04)
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Running time
19 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[2] It is a spoof of the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.[3][4] and 20,000 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 by Cliff Hess; and "Darkness in the Delta" by Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg[1] and Jerry Livingston.

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Liebman, Roy (2003). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7864-4697-1.
  2. ^ a b "20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang". Turner Classic Movies.
  3. ^ Kozak, Erin Elisavet (January 14, 2017). "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)".
  4. ^ "Seven movies that mattered". Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2005.
  5. ^ Turan, Kenneth (June 3, 2014). Not to be Missed: Fifty-four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film. PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781610393676 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Clipped From The Daily Mail". The Daily Mail. August 23, 1933. p. 3 – via newspapers.com.
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