The Convict's Piano story
A wrongfully-convicted convict discovers an old piano in his prison with special powers. Directed by: Thomas J. Wright. Story by: James Crocker, Patrice Messina.
10 total · 5 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| magic object | major | There was a piano that when played transported the player back in time to the era of the song being played. |
| music | major | Frost loved to play the piano. Through it he moved in time. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Eddie O'Hara gave a "state penn" welcome to Mickey Shaughnessy some fifty years after Shaughnessy had successfully framed O'Hara for murder. |
| what if I found myself in the past | major | Frost transported himself from a contemporary state penitentiary into the 1920s by means of playing a magic piano. |
| what it is like in prison | major | The story followed the plight of the prisoner Frost in a state penitentiary. |
| harassment | minor | Frost had an encounter with a prison bully. |
| love triangle | minor | Eddie, Mickey, and Ellen. |
| murder | minor | Eddie was in prison for a murder he had not committed, as was Frost. |
| the gangster stereotype | minor | Frost was confronted by a 1920s era Chicago gangster. |
| what if a killer was after me | minor | A prison bully was out to shank Frost. |