Dead End (1937) | |
| Director(s) | William Wyler |
| Producer(s) | Samuel Goldwyn, Merritt Hulburd (associate) |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Gangsters |
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Dead End Overview:
Dead End (1937) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn and Merritt Hulburd.
SYNOPSIS
Prototypical social-problem drama about a Manhattan slum in the 1930s. Hellman's engaging script, based on Sidney Kingsley's hit play, finds the neighborhood's residents struggling to get by, some choosing hard work, some taking the easier route of crime. When gangster Bogart starts to hang around his old haunts, he comes an unwelcome influence on the street kids. Those kids became known as the Dead End Kids and, later, the Bowery Boys.
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Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actress | Claire Trevor | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Richard Day | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Gregg Toland | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Nominated |
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Sylvia Sidney and Joel McCrea star in “Dead End”
By Stephen Reginald on Aug 8, 2022 From Classic Movie ManSylvia Sidney and Joel McCrea star in “Dead End” Dead End (1937) is a crime melodrama directed by William Wyler and starring Sylvia Sidney and Joel McCrea. The supporting cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barie, Claire Trevor, and Allen Jenkins. The screenplay was written by Lill... Read full article
Batman: Dead End (2003, Sandy Collora)
on Mar 7, 2020 From The Stop ButtonBatman: Dead End goes far in validating the idea of cosplay as successful costuming for film?well, not Andrew Koenig?s Joker?but definitely the Batman outfit. Costume designer Michael MacFarlane, cinematographer Vincent E. Toto, and director Collora do figure out a way to do a ?comics accurate? (if ... Read full article
Dead End Drive-In
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Dead End Drive-in: "It's not so bad in here"
By Rick29 on Feb 13, 2017 From Classic Film & TV CafeThe Star Drive-in is a dead end! Prior to today, it had been almost 30 years since I last saw Dead End Drive-in, an Australian exploitation film made in the wake of the original Max Max trilogy. To my delight, my wife gave me a DVD of the film as a present (one more reason why she's awesome). Still... Read full article
Dead End Drive-in: "It's not so bad in here"
By Rick29 on Feb 13, 2017 From Classic Film & TV CafeThe Star Drive-in is a dead end! Prior to today, it had been almost 30 years since I last saw Dead End Drive-in, an Australian exploitation film made in the wake of the original Max Max trilogy. To my delight, my wife gave me a DVD of the film as a present (one more reason why she's awesome). Still... Read full article
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Quotes from
[the police are looking for Tommy after he has a fight with Philip Griswald and then injures Philip's father]
Dave Connell: Don't worry, Drina. He knows his way around - he can take care of himself.
Drina Gordon: He can take care of himself too well. How can he have done such a thing? Where does he learn about knives and...
Dave Connell: He had an expert teacher.
[refers to Martin]
Dave Connell: Anyway it's not hard to learn in a place like this.
Drina Gordon: But he's not a bad kid - not really bad. He never has been.
Dave Connell: The famous 'Baby Face' Martin used to live on this block. He wasn't such a bad kid either at first. He was smart and brave and decent... at first.
Drina Gordon: Like Tommy, you mean. Ever since he was a little kid I've tried to teach him what's right. I don't know what else to do - I've tried to bring him up decent.
Dave Connell: Aw, what chance have they got against all this? They gotta fight for a place to play, fight for a little extra somethin' to eat, fight for everything. They get used to fightin'. "Enemies of society" it says in the papers... why not? What've they got to be so friendly about?
Dippy 'Dip': Well I dink an' I dink' an' I dink an' I can't rememba da numba. Den I rememba da building but I forget da floor. But den I check every room an' whoever she is she ain't dare.
Hugh 'Baby Face': Nuttin' for nuttin' kid.
Dippy 'Dip': What a fine ding to do to a kid, a fine ding, a fine ding.
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Facts about
Sidney Kingsley based his story of a luxury high-rise built in a tenement neighborhood on a real area of 1930's New York. The actual "Dead End" was located on East 53rd Street on Manhattan's East Side. The luxury high-rise depicted in the film is based on The River House, a 26-story Art Deco high-rise erected on 52nd Street in 1931, when the area surrounding it was still a tenement neighborhood. As depicted in the play and film, the rich tenants of The River House looked down on (and occasionally clashed with) the poorer residents of the neighboring tenements. The 53rd Street tenements were torn down in the late 1940's to make way for the United Nations complex. The River House still stands today.
This was the first appearance of the Dead End Kids who later evolved into the East Side Kids and later the Bowery Boys. Producer Samuel Goldwyn brought the boys - who had appeared in the original Broadway production of the play - to Hollywood to appear in the movie. He later regretted the decision, as the boys ran wild through the studio, destroying property and crashing a truck through the wall of a sound stage. Afterwards, Goldwyn decided not to use the boys again and sold their contract to Warner Brothers.
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