Good; but not great, role for Stanwyck. The producers erred in one major way with the making of this film, in that they made it in 1933, and the new prison for women in CA. had opened in 1932 at Tehachapi, so whoever was responsible for the story was not paying much attention to the timeline or the news of those days and times. Otherwise good film-what can I say? I am a nit-pick and like to research the making of films that I enjoy watching.
To be truly forthright the only reason I chose to research this one is because I recently watched (again!) "I Want to Live" with the great Susan Hayward and that was a true story that took place in the 1950's about Barbara Graham who was executed in San Quentin, but resided at Tehachapi until the day before her execution, when she was transported to San Quentin for execution the following night. Therefore, I was not even aware that they had ever even housed female inmates at San Quentin; thus I was moved to research how correct this film was.
To be truly forthright the only reason I chose to research this one is because I recently watched (again!) "I Want to Live" with the great Susan Hayward and that was a true story that took place in the 1950's about Barbara Graham who was executed in San Quentin, but resided at Tehachapi until the day before her execution, when she was transported to San Quentin for execution the following night. Therefore, I was not even aware that they had ever even housed female inmates at San Quentin; thus I was moved to research how correct this film was.