Hell's House by Howard Higgins was a low budget film that displayed problems with reform schools and also showed a tight relationship between Jimmy and Shorty. Jimmy ended up with Matt Kelly because his mom was hit by a car and killed. Jimmy is an innocent boy who ended up in juvenile reform school because of Matt, the guy Jimmy looks up to. He takes the punishment for Matt who is a bootlegger. While in the reform school, he meet a kid named Shorty who would later become his best friend. They grew a special bond while they were there. Shorty taught him all the tricks with bricks and stuck up for him when the other kids were messing with him. The reform school were not too good and displayed many problems. Making the kids stand on the line and stare at the wall is torture. They had to stack bricks all day and it was hard work for young kids like they were. Jimmy managed to escape the reform school and wasn't going to leave Shorty there. Shorty was in tough shape after being abused. Jimmy was going to do whatever it takes to get him out and it shows the special bond they had even though he's only known him for a short amount of time. Higgins showed us how special their relationship was. He got Frank who was part of the newspaper to spread the word out about the school.
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