20,000 YEARS IN SING SING: Q & A with DAWSON BROWN, acting Superintendent of Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Recorded May 13, 2009)

Summary: 20,000 YEARS IN SING SING: Taken from Warden Lawes’ memoir, Curtiz’s semi-doc treatment coupled prison reform pleas with the melodrama goods: Spencer Tracy (replacing Cagney, in the throes of a salary fight) takes the rap for moll Bette Davis’ self-defense killing. This podcast is a recording of the Q & A with DAWSON BROWN, acting Superintendent of Sing Sing Correctional Facility, recorded May 13, 2009, at Film Forum.