Reform School(1939)
A LONE WOMAN STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND A LIFE OF CRIME!
A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
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