Prison Without Bars

Prison Without Bars (1938, UK) is a Women In Prison film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst.

Released on September 21, 1938 (UK) | April 9, 1939 (USA)
B&W
Running time: 72 minutes
Production Co.: London Film Productions
Distribution Co.: United Artists
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Written by Egon Eis, Otto Eis, Gina Kaus, Hilde Koveloff and Hans Wilhelm (play), Margaret Kennedy (dialogue) and Arthur Wimperis (scenario)
Starring: Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry K. Barnes

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape.

Women Without Men! - eager for life and love - turned into snarling animals - crying for revenge against a society that called them "bad"!
MARKED BAD BY THE WORLD! (print ad - Lubbock Avalanche Journal - Lyric Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - May 28, 1939 - all caps)
What chance have they for romance in a world of terror and turmoil? (print ad - Lubbock Avalanche Journal - Lubbock, Texas - May 28, 1939(
MARKED BAD! BY THE WORLD What Chance Has She for Love? The pent-up fury of incorrigibles breaks loose in a girls' reformatory! (Print Ad-Vancouver Sun,((Vancouver, BC)) 20 May 1939)
Drama of women without men...without love and kisses! (Print Ad-Daily Argus, ((Mount Vernon, NY)) 22 September 1939)
THE MOST LOVABLE SPITFIRE THAT EVER ELECTRIFIED THE SCREEN (Print Ad-Victoria Daily Times, ((Victoria, BC)) 22 August 1939)
Incorrigible! Marked "Bad" by the World ... What Chance has she for Love?