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They Won't Forget is a 1937 American drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, and Lana Turner, in her feature debut. It was based on a novel by Ward Greene called Death in the Deep South , which was in turn a fictionalized account of a real-life case: the trial and subsequent lynching of Leo ...
The film mentions the suspect's Northern background, which was a factor in his lynching, but does not mention that he was Jewish. The real-life victim, Mary Phagan, was only 13 years old, a far cry from Lana Turner's 16-year-old "sweater girl."
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1937-10-09
Even though she is only onscreen for a few minutes, the newly renamed Lana Turner makes a lasting impression. They Won't Forget is based on the Ward Greene novel, Death in the Deep South and Turner plays a southern schoolgirl named Mary Clay who is murdered on campus. The two main suspects are a black janitor and a northern teacher.
- Mervyn Leroy, Lee Katz
- Claude Rains
Nov 7, 2020 · adl, kikes, jews. They Won't Forget is a 1937 American drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Edward Norris, and Lana Turner, in her feature debut. It was based on a novel by Ward Greene called Death in the Deep South, which was in turn a fictionalized account of a real-life case : the trial and ...
- 95 min
- 609
- LeoFrankCase
9 Oct. 1937: They Won’t Forget. “They Won’t Forget” is a 1937 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It was based on a novel by Ward Greene called “Death in the Deep South”, which was in turn a fictionalized account of a real life case: the trial and subsequent lynching of Leo Frank after the murder of Mary Phagan in 1913.
Aug 10, 2013 · August 10, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments. Lana Turner famously burst on the scene in twelve brief minutes at the beginning Mervyn LeRoy’s They Won’t Forget for Warner Brothers in the Fall of 1937. Her character Mary Clay is quickly disposed of, yet she is never far from our thoughts as the rest of the movie concerns the aftermath of her ...
The town of Flodden is in an uproar when a pretty student is found dead on Confederate Memorial Day, but District Attorney Griffin (Claude Rains) sees it as an opportunity.
- Drama
