Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It is an adaption of the Sidney Kingsley 1935 Broadway play of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney. It is notable as being the first film appearance of the Dead End Kids. Image File history File links DeadEnd. ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902–July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... // Samuel Goldwyn (July, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a widely known motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramatist. ... Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. ... Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an American actress. ... Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie (April 18, 1912 – February 2, 1978) was a Hong Kong-born actress who worked in British and Hollywood films. ... Trevor in Raw Deal (1948) Claire Trevor (March 8, 1910 - April 8, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, nicknamed Queen of Film Noir because of her many appearances in bad girl” roles in film noir and other black-and-white thrillers. ... Chief Tahachee (born 4 March 1904 in James Mill, Arkansas - died June 9, 1978 in San Gabriel, California) was an American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian who was a stage and film actor, expert horseman, circus and wild west performer, contortionist and firewalker. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Gregg Toland (1904-1948) was an influential American cinematographer, most noted for his work on Orson Welles Citizen Kane. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives... Crime School is a 1938 film starring Humphrey Bogart and The Dead End Kids. ... See also: 1937 in film 1937 1939 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of Dorothy in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives... The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which tries to demonstrate accurately the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ... Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American dramatist. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. ... Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an American actress. ... The Dead End Kids were five young actors and one ex-plumbers assistant, from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsleys play Dead End in 1935 on Broadway. ...

Plot

In the filthy slums of New York, wealthy people have built luxury apartments there because of the view of the picturesque East River. While they live in opulence, the destitute and dirt poor live in crowded, filthy tenements.

At the end of the street is a dock on the East River; to the left are the luxury apartments and to the right are the slums. The Dead End Kids, led by Tommy Gordon (Billy Halop), are a petty gang of street urchins who are already well onto a path to a life of crime. Members of the gang besides Tommy include, Dippy (Huntz Hall), Angel (Bobby Jordan), Spit (Leo Gorcey), T.B. (Gabriel Dell), and Milty (Bernard Punsly), the new kid on the block in search of friends. Spit is a bit malicious with a cruel streak and initially bullies the newcomer and takes his pocket change. However Tommy eventually lets Milty join the gang and turns out to be both a loyal and generous friend. Billy Halop (February 11, 1920) – (November 9, 1976) was an American actor. ... Henry Huntz Hall, (August 15, 1919 - January 30, 1999) was a radio, theatrical and motion picture performer perhaps best known for his portrayal of the Dead End Kids in movies such as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938). ... Bobby Jordan (April 1, 1923 - September 10, 1965) was born in Harrison, New York. ... Leo Gorcey (June 3, 1917 - June 2, 1969) is an American actor. ... October 4, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York. ... Bernard Punsley, also known as Bernard Punsly (July 11, 1923–January 20, 2004), was an American actor who left show business to become a physician. ...

Tommy's sister, Drina (Sylvia Sidney), dreams of marrying some dashing, rich stranger who will save her and Tommy from this miserable life of poverty and help prevent Tommy from growing up to be a mobster like Baby Face Martin (Humphrey Bogart), who has returned to the neighborhood to visit his mother and old girlfriend. Drina's friend, Dave Connell (Joel McCrea), is an unemployed architect who currently works odd jobs. He is having an affair with a rich man's mistress, Kay Burton (Wendy Barrie). Although Dave and Kay love each other, they know they can't be together because Dave cannot provide Kay with the lifestyle she desires. Wendy Barrie Wendy Barrie (April 18, 1912 – February 2, 1978) was a Hong Kong-born actress who worked in British and Hollywood films. ...

Meanwhile, the kids rough up a rich kid who lives in the apartments. When the boy's father trys to intervene, Tommy winds up stabbing him in the hand. He escapes the police and goes into hiding.

Martin, meanwhile, is rejected by him mother (Marjorie Main) and repulsed by his ex-girlfriend, Francie (Claire Trevor), who is now a prostitute. Despondant over the failed visit, he decides to kidnap the rich child for ransom to make the trip back worthwhile. Dave tracks Martin down and kills him after a struggle. When the police arrive, a crowd gathers, including Spit, who is recgonized as being a member of the gang that attacked the rich man. He exonerates himself by informing the police that is was Tommy who stabbed the man. Tommy hears of Spit's betrayal and trys to give him the mark of the "squealer", which is a knife wound across the cheek. Before he can do so, Dave apprehends him and convinces him to turn himself in. He agrees to use his reward money from Martin's slaying to pay for Tommy's defense. Marjorie Main (24 February 1890 – 10 April 1975) was an American character actress who was best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. ... Trevor in Raw Deal (1948) Claire Trevor (March 8, 1910 - April 8, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American actress, nicknamed Queen of Film Noir because of her many appearances in bad girl” roles in film noir and other black-and-white thrillers. ...

Production

• It was filmed from May 3 through July 8, 1937.

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Film Version Vs. Original Play

A perusal of the original play's script shows that Hollywood seriously toned down the language and personae of the six kids as well as the general tone of the piece. On Broadway, Francie, Baby Face's old girl friend was suffering from syphilis. In the movie, it seems she's suffering from some sort of allergy. Also, Dave, the film's hero, played by handsome, stalwart Joel McCrea's role was originally written in the play as having a crippled leg, and was nicknamed "Gimpty". Also, Gorcey wasn't one of the original kids: he started out on Broadway playing a member of another gang in the play, The Second Avenue Gang along with his brother, David. Charles Duncan, who originally played Spit left the production and was replaced by Gorcey, his understudy. Gorcey went on to become the prototypical "Dead End" kid, East Side Kid and Bowery Boy.

Award Nominations

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Art Direction (Richard Day), and Best Supporting Actress (Claire Trevor). // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... This page may be a user page mistakenly created as an article. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Trivia

• It was re-released in 1944.

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DVD Release

March 8, 2005

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External link

• Dead End at the Internet Movie Database