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  DEAD END
DEAD END is an engrossing take of life on the mean streets of New York City in the 1930s, where it's easier to starve to death than make an honest wage.
DEAD END is about as far away from an MGM musical of the same period as Pluto is from Earth.
Though DEAD END was made almost 65 years ago, it's messages are still as viable today for those living on the streets of America as they were then.
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 Dead End Kids - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play Dead End in 1935.
In 1938, shortly after they made their first film at Warner Brothers, Universal borrowed all of the 'Dead End Kids' except for Bobby Jordan and Leo Gorcey and made twelve films and three 12-chapter serials under the team names of 'The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys' and 'Little Tough Guys'.
Due to the fact that the original 'Dead End Kids' were now working for several studios, these films were made at roughly the same time as the Warner Brothers' 'Dead End Kids' series, and later, Monogram Picture's 'The East Side Kids' series.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dead_End_Kids   (791 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Dead End (1937): DVD: William Wyler,Earl Askam,Wendy Barrie,Don "Red" Barry,Humphrey Bogart,Ward Bond,Wade ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the film Dead End, the murky waters of Manhattan's East River served as an appropriate backdrop for the squalor that manifested itself within the conefines of tenament housing.
Dead End is essentially about people and their relationship with the neighborhood that spawned them.
Dead End is set in a 1930's New York City neighbourhood where the upper class live in buildings right across the street from the lower class slums.
www.amazon.ca /Dead-End-William-Wyler/dp/B0006TPDZC   (1921 words)

  
 Dead End - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is notable as being the first film appearance of the Dead End Kids.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dead_End   (678 words)

  
 YANK WEEKLY 2 JULY 1944, THE DEAD END KIDS
         The Dead End Kids were dug in on a bluff along the riverbank, a couple of dozen feet higher than the grassy clearing on the opposite bank where the Japs were advancing in spread-out skirmisher formation.
         The Dead End Kids were happy They yelled at their machine gunners and BAR men to "Mow down that bunch over there boy!" and then shouted "Atta boy," as they concentrated their rifle fire on single targets.
The Dead End Kids weren't cocky or swaggering tonight: they were exhausted from the tension of the two attacks.
www.marauder.org /yank27.htm   (2684 words)

  
 The Big Apple: Dead End Kids
It was made into a film in 1937, and the "Dead End Kids" were on their way to many films and national recognition.
It is called "Dead End," and tells about slum conditions in New York City, with especial reference to the lower East Side of Manhattan.
It goes without saying that all the players are applauded, with especial emphasis on the "Dead End" kids, as the boys from the stage cast are advertised, but a canvass of nonprofessional picturegoers gives the palm for most striking performances to Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor and Marjorie Main.
www.barrypopik.com /index.php/new_york_city/entry/dead_end_kids   (488 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Dead End Kids : Plot
Dead End Kids is not a belated entry in Leo Gorcey/Huntz Hall manifest, but instead the film adaptation of Mabou Mines' off-Broadway play.
Dead End Kids: A Story of Nuclear Power, and that is essentially that.
Though its visual style cannot be described as cinematic, Dead End Kids is one of the best of the many filmed "readings" on the subject of nuclear power that appeared in the mid-1980s.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/82257/plot.jhtml   (156 words)

  
 The Bowery Boys Page
The quality of the films declined until Warner's threw in the towel and the Kids were reborn as the East Side Kids at the king of the poverty row studios, Monogram.
Dead End and Angels With Dirty Faces are considered classics of the genre.
Dead End Kid Bobby Jordan played Rap in 2 of the films and became Tommy(!) in the last entry in the series.
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 Humphrey Bogart And The Dead End Kids
The Kids became so popular from their first exposure to the public that six more movies were put out.
The Kids didn't rate very high in the credits of these flicks but always managed to steal the show with their unruly slapstick humor.
The Kids also made numerous movies for other studios as The East Side Kids, Little Tough Guys and of course their most famous role as The Bowery Boys.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Bungalow/6309/deadend.html   (718 words)

  
 Dead End Kids film series (Visit the Getty)
A vivid social protest, Dead End chronicles the lives of people struggling with the devastating effects of the Depression.
It centers on members of the Dead End Kids gang, who are drawn to crime even as better influences try to save them from the steets.
Dead End has been called "ground zero for the socially conscious films of the '30s"
www.getty.edu /visit/events/dead_end_kids.html   (424 words)

  
 Dead End Kids - Moviefone
The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York who appeared...
Due to the fact that the original 'Dead End Kids' were now working for several...
He was the last surviving member of the Dead End Kids, later known as The Bowery Boys.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/dead-end-kids/18097/main   (141 words)

  
 Dead End
Dead End is a 1937 crime drama[?] film.
It marked the first appearance of the Dead End Kids.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/de/Dead_End.html   (87 words)

  
 LiP | Book Review | Dead End Kids, by Mark Fleisher
There is a desperation behind their romances, parties, and jests, with their abject poverty meaning that actual survival is a battle that each kid fights for her- or himself.
Fleisher, who had previously done research on gangs in Seattle, boldly and gracefully inserts himself in the kids' lives by acknowledging his status as an outsider and reporter from the start but also relating to their lifestyle and language.
Such conversations show these kids are quite adequately socialized for life on the street, but, for the most part, no place else," he explains.
www.lipmagazine.org /articles/revilydersen_78.htm   (1247 words)

  
 Dead End Kids Motorcycle Club Morristown, NJ - WHO WE ARE
Dead End Kids Motorcycle Club Morristown, NJ - WHO WE ARE
There was a gentleman's night club (Double D's, now closed and the building is empty), and an old books store (if he wasn't lucky at the gentlemen's club).
The county jail is at the end of the block, and a conveniently located bail bondsman before you reach the slammer.
www.deadendkids.net /wst_page4.html   (838 words)

  
 Dead End, a CurtainUp Los Angeles review
Dead End is a dynamic beginning for Michael Ritchie's tenure at the Center Theatre Group.
The Kids, who eventually became the Bowery Boys, open and close the show and take pride of place in the curtain call, charging down to the middle of the stage to elbow the grown-up actors aside.
All are woven together when Tommy, the leader of the kids (Ricky Ullman), becomes reform school bound, Kay leaves Gimpty and the reward on the gangster's head becomes irresistible.
www.curtainup.com /deadendla.html   (852 words)

  
 village voice > specials > 'Dead End Kids': Signaling Through the Flames by Erika Munk
Dead End Kids, combining Mabou Mines' far-ranging intellectual and technical resources with a vast, unsentimental despair and outrage, seems to have found an alternate form.
Or are we supposed to remember that Goethe's Faust is, in the end, redeemed: As the angels say, "Whoever strives with all his power, we are allowed to save." It also looked like a very obscure way to radicalize an audience.
I was shaky towards the end, and sad, but I wanted to say, "What an optimistic event!" When I did it precipitated a rather fierce discussion—some of the company wanted the piece to be more accessible, others wanted solutions and affirmation.
www.villagevoice.com /specials/0543,50thmunk,69252,31.html   (1950 words)

  
 The Bowery Boys Fan Site
The East Side Kids were one of the off-shoots from the original Dead End Kids series of films, and contained several of the original gang members who appeared in the series from time to time, most notably: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan and Gabriel Dell.
Their films weren't as prestigious as the ones they'd made as the Dead End Kids, but were popular nonetheless, enough so that they were spun off in 1946 (when it was obvious even to the studios that they were no longer "kids") into the Bowery Boys, as whom they toiled until 1958.
The East Side Kids were, on the whole, less threatening than the original Dead Enders were, and most of their later films were played for comedy rather than social relevance.
www.angelfire.com /tv2/rainbowcountry/boweryboys   (2108 words)

  
 Dead End (1937)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Trivia: This was the first appearance of the Dead End Kids who later evolved into the East Side Kids and later the Bowery Boys.
It's a dead end street in New York that ends at the river.
In Dead End, a young woman and her teenage brother struggle to survive.
us.imdb.com /Title?0028773   (371 words)

  
 Rio's Dead End Kids
The shelter kids work odd jobs during the day and go to school at night.
Many kids work in gangs, sweeping through apartment buildings and stores, stealing whatever they can lay their hands on.
Last year in São Paulo, minors committed a rash of murders: a businessman shot in his car at a stoplight by a 17-year-old thief, a doctor shot by a boy of 12 robbing his house.
pangaea.org /street_children/latin/newsweek.htm   (1065 words)

  
 Dead End Kids - Moviefone
Synopsis: Dead End Kids is not a belated entry in Leo Gorcey/Huntz Hall manifest, but instead the film adaptation of Mabou Mines' off-Broadway play.
Dead End Kids (1986) Dead End Kids on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Dead End Kids - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/dead-end-kids/1082782/main   (173 words)

  
 CSIndy: Dead end kids (September 4, 2003)
Things got a little less charming when the show ended after six seasons; her only post-Family Affair credit is for a 1969 film called The Trouble with Girls.
While we're on the subject, Mikey the Life Cereal Kid did not die of injuries sustained by drinking soda and eating Pop Rocks, and -- urban legend notwithstanding -- Susan "Cindy Brady" Olsen ("the youngest one in curls") did not appear in a pornographic movie.
She overdosed on prescription painkillers in a motor home parked in the driveway of her fiance's parents' Oklahoma home; a coroner's inquest later ruled it a suicide.
www.csindy.com /csindy/2003-09-04/film.html   (1775 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Dead End Kids: Little Tough Guy: DVD: Robert Wilcox,Helen Parrish,Marjorie Main,Jackie Searl,Peggy ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It began with DEAD END (1937), The boys came from the Broadway play and landed their first starring role togther.
After Dead End (1937), First National Pictures picked them up for CRIME SCHOOL (1938) and they made many more films for over 20 years until 1958.
They continued with The Dead End Kids with The Little Tough Guys film series until they both said goodbye in MUG TOWN (1943).
www.amazon.com /Dead-End-Kids-Little-Tough/dp/B0000AZT4S   (1251 words)

  
 Dead End Kids
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Dead End Kids to receive a rating.
From street punks to comedy legends, the Dead End Kids, eventually becoming the Bowery Boys, kept audiences laughing for over 20 years.
Including: DEAD END TO BOWERY, GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE, and SPOOKS RUN WILD.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/dead_end_kids   (282 words)

  
 SONGS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
the day the world fell down (back from the dead)
slowly as the fever burns (bring out your dead, u.s.
fuck the neighbors (bring out your dead, u.s.
www.deadendkids.org /SONGS.htm   (57 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids: Books: Donna Gaines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Her reflections on the primacy of death in the culture of these nomads in a middle-class society are expressed in an earthy, colloquial style that marks the author's empathy with alienated youth.
She had been a rocker, engaging completely in the rock and roll culture since her own youth, and although now involved in her career as a journalist and social worker still considers herself a part of that culture.
She is completely engaged in the society that she is trying to study and can therefore never have a fair portrayal of it, never stepping back to take in the big picture.
www.amazon.com /Teenage-Wasteland-Suburbias-Dead-Kids/dp/0226278727   (1993 words)

  
 Dead End Kids - Vol 1: Junior G-Men
Dead End Kids - Vol 1: Junior G-Men
Billy, the leader of the Dead End Kids learns that his father is being held captive by The Flaming Torch--an organization bent on destroying the United States!
Now, it's up to Billy and the rest of the gang--and the Feds--to put an end to the slimy organization and rescue Billy's dad--and save the United States from impending doom.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/dead_end_kids_vol_1_junior_gmen   (376 words)

  
 The Dead End Kids on Dress Parade | Plot | MTV Movies
In this entry in the long-running series, one of the Kids goes to military school and learns, with the help of his late father's friend who promised to watch over the lad, to be a real man. The kid is initially, quite rebellious.
One boy tries to help him, but the kid throws him out a second story window.
Eventually the kid grows up and becomes a hero by saving another boy's life during a dangerous fire.
www.mtv.com /movies/movie/55970/plot.jhtml   (212 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Dead End Kids
F.U.G. Eight songs in 20 minutes from Central Florida's drunkpunk Kids.
Lots of skulls and skeletons on the cover and the expected reference points ["Your Humble Narrator," A Clockwork Orange, "Johnny Thunders Killed My Friends," a cover of The Sex Pistols' "The Great Rock and Roll Swindle," malls, "Lost in the Supermarket" (not the Clash song)].
Dead End Kids, 40101 Sherydan Glenn, Lady Lake, FL 32159, http://www.geocities.com/~deadkids
www.ink19.com /issues/july2001/wetInk/musicD/deadEndKids.html   (124 words)

  
 UW Press - : Dead End Kids, Mark Fleisher
UW Press - : Dead End Kids, Mark Fleisher
Dead End Kids shows us why this is a tragic mistake."—Elizabeth Mehren, national correspondent, Los Angeles Times
"Dead End Kids is an important and exceptional study.
www.wisc.edu /wisconsinpress/books/0487.htm   (296 words)

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