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

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film
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Author: Scott Allen Nollen ISBN: 9781476626789
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Scott Allen Nollen
ISBN: 9781476626789
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: October 4, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

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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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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