BRIDGE OF SIGHS
makes talkie film debut “The Bridge of Sighs,” the dark ; corridor of drama that long has been a New York land mark, makes its I audible screen debut as a novel setting « for Welliam Powell’s recently completed all-talking production, “For the * Defence.”
“The Bridge of Sighs” Is a covered span of stone that connects the Tombs Prison with the N e w York Criminal Court building. Across it. prisoners are led from their cells to the court docks: its name originated from their thoughts and feelings es they were led to
trial or back again following pronouncement of their sentence. The unfortunate individuals are always allowed to hesitate for a moment on the bridge and enjoy the last look at the city and freedom from the heavily-barred windows which let out on the busy street below. “For tho Defence,” a unique, gripping story of crime within the law, presents Powell in the role of a notorious criminal defence lawyer.
Nancy Caroll once did interviews j with stage celebrities for Phil Payne, New York editor, who was killed wh«l | flying to Italy,
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1071, 8 September 1930, Page 13
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