Film Record: In the Leprous Hands of Lust

Still image from In the Leprous Hands of Lust.

Date produced: 1931

Filmmaker(s):

S. Winston Childs

Country of Production:

United States

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:26:05

Length:

2 reels (750 ft)

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Yale Film Archive list of titled amateur films

Description:

"The story is a burlesque of the anti social activities of a vice ring. The film contains some excellent interior lighting and is remarkably well edited." Movie Makers, April 1931, 224.

Resources:

Reviewed in "Vice probe!" Movie Makers, April 1931, 224.

Added to the Amateur Cinema League's club film library in 1931 (Movie Makers, May 1931, 287).

This film is held by the Yale Film Archive.

Subjects:

•      Murder
•      Criminals

Genre:

• Crime
• Parody

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Yale Film Archive

Screenings:

• Screened by the Metropolitan Motion Picture Club in 1931: New York City, N.Y.

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