In this episode of SciShow, Hank talks about a crater in Turkmenistan that has been on fire for decades and has earned itself the title of: The Door to Hell!

The Warner Archive Collection DVD-R of The Doorway to Hell is a very good rendering of this very old talkie.

After making his movie debut and garnering glowing reviews in Sinner’s Holiday, James Cagney was quickly added to the cast of a Warner’s gangster picture that was already filming.

Directed by: Archie Mayo. He plays Louie Ricarno, an Underworld king pin who proceeds to re-organise the rackets - not to everyone's satisfaction. In 1930 Lew Ayres was Hollywood's golden boy having scored a huge success in "All Quiet on the Western Front" for Universal, then Warners borrowed him for the baby faced gangster in "The Doorway to Hell". The Doorway to Hell Passed | 1h 18min | Crime , Drama | 18 October 1930 (USA) Despite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime. All about The Doorway to Hell (1930) English Cinema, Trailer, Video clips, The Doorway to Hell Reviews, Expert Reviews, Story, Photo Gallery, Trivia & Goofups and The Doorway to Hell Songs. Rated the #57 best film of 1930. Anyone who cares about cinema's history has to put "Hell's Angels" on their must-see list. Director Archie Mayo a competent Warner's "house" director moves the film along nicely in the typically quick pace of the early 1930s Warners Brother's product. The same arguments for and against were made in the 1920s in the chaos of Germany’s Weimar Republic, which opted for gun registration. The images are so nicely preserved that we can tell when the cameraman didn't quite make focus on a close-up of James Cagney on the phone. Genres: Drama, Gangster Film. Despite the seriously flawed mis-casting of Ayres there are a lot of good things in this movie {besides Cagney} and I recommend this film with between a 3/12 and 4 star rating. This unique crater has been burning in the desert of Karakum for more than 40 years now also ‘burning’ the interest of the travelers. The dialogue was risible, the story was weak, and the acting was misplaced. It is shocking that it didn't receive a Best Picture nomination in 1930. sore as hell when you wasn't here to go out this morning." The picture is in fine shape, with only a bit of frame damage here and there. We would love to see your review. Lew Ayres is miscast as ruthless gang leader Louie Ricarno. ----- Like SciShow? The images are so nicely preserved that we can tell when the cameraman didn't quite make focus on a close-up of James Cagney on the phone. He pointed with his right arm, and out of the sleeve came a round stick-like wrist, but no hand. MORE> MORE REVIEWS> | POST YOUR OWN REVIEW> Passed (National Board of Review) USA:TV-PG (TV rating) Asked in … The perennial gun-control debate in America did not begin here. This movie has been premiered in Australian HD theatres in 1930 ( Movies 1930 ). Hellam Township near York, Pennsylvania, is the subject of a modern urban legend claiming that it contains the Seven Gates of Hell. Submit your review for this film After making his movie debut and garnering glowing reviews in Sinner’s Holiday, James Cagney was quickly added to the cast of a Warner’s gangster picture that was already filming. The Darvaza gas crater, nicknamed by locals "The Door to Hell," or "The Gates of Hell," definitely falls into the latter category—and its sinister burning flames are just the half of it. History of the incredible Door to Hell or Gates of Hell natural gas fire in Derweze, Turkmenistan—a beautiful yet disastrous natural phenomenon. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code films. The Warner Archive Collection DVD-R of The Doorway to Hell is a very good rendering of this very old talkie. The Doorway to Hell. It’s a relic Chicago gangster flick from the 1930s that just doesn’t click. The film was based on the story A Handful of Clouds, written by Rowland Brown. You can watch The Doorway to Hell online on video-on-demand services (Netflix), pay-TV or movie theatres with original audio in English. Take Turkmenistan's aptly named Door to Hell, a 230-foot-wide crater in the middle of the desert near the village of Deweze.In 1971, a team of Soviet scientists set up a drilling platform looking for natural gas reserves.The rig collapsed, and fearing the spread of poisonous methane gas, the researchers set the crater on fire hoping it would burn out in a few hours.