Dead End
by William Wyler
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Actor: Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, Wendy BarrieDirector: William Wyler
Brand: SIDNEY,SYLVIA
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Producer: Merritt Hulburd
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Writer: Lillian Hellman
Writer: Sidney Kingsley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Dead End
DVD Review: AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE
Summary: 4 Stars
Far too many movie goers are forgetful. They forget what movies were like in the early days. They forget that the times themselves were different in the early days. To truly enjoy a film made all those many years ago, you have to transport yourself into the time when it was made, when it was released. You have to place yourself totally in a different world, one without cell phones and home movies and the internet. When that happens, the movies themselves take on a whole new meaning. To truly enjoy the film DEAD END you have to transport back to those days, the first rather than last half of the 20th century. And in so doing you find yourself appreciating the story as well as the craftsmanship behind it all the more.
Okay enough speech making.
DEAD END is a classic in film storytelling, offering Humphrey Bogart at his most sympathetic and frightening in one fell swoop. And he isn't even the single main character!
Taking place in New York's lower east side in the 20s/30s era, the film takes place almost entirely on the dock there. A group of toughs (who later went to fame as the Dead End Kids then the Bowery Boys) hang out on the dock, watching the high and mighty that live in the upper class apartment high above their tenement slum.
Drina (Sylvia Sydney) is a young single girl who longs for a better life, a way to escape with her young brother and take him away from all of the squalor. But her brother has already fallen in with these kids and things don't look good. Even with the help of the man she longs for, Dave (Joel McCrea). Moving from job to job, Dave rarely notices this young woman who's interested in him having grown up with her.
Dave too wants out. He wants to move on to bigger and better things. But these seem to be nothing more than pipe dreams and his chances look slim. Even when he begins to go out with one of the upper crust citizens from the apartment building.
Enter Baby Face Martin (Bogart). On the run from the law and after some minor plastic surgery, Martin has returned to his old haunts one last time. He sees himself in the youthful gang and they worship him once they know who he is. Martin has come back to find his mother and see her before heading out.
The time he spends in the old neighborhood rekindles memories of everything from his own misguided youth to the girl he left behind. When she turns out to not have lived up to his hopes and expectations, Martin crumbles and his more violent side is revealed.
The only person who may be able to stand up to Martin is Dave. But the costs could be dear. And the future of Drina's young brother is held in the balance when he begins to follow in the footsteps of Martin.
Based on the stage play that was a huge hit at the time, DEAD END comes off as such, a play put on film. But the story itself, one of dreams and hopes of a better life for yourself and the ones you love, remains constant even in the world of today.
The acting may seem a little stiff at times, but one has to recall as I said in the beginning that this was the style of the time. It was acceptable then. It was how it was done. And at the same time, they seem to meld into their roles comfortably.
The movie stands as an indictment of the world of poverty. Its message remains true to not only those times but the present where locations such as this dead end cause countless people to turn to a world of violence as a solution. The movie may not inspire some to come out of it and walk the straight and narrow as much as it could have when it was released. But it couldn't hurt either.
Description of Dead End
Humphrey Bogart is "outstanding" (Variety) as a vicious gangster on the run in this "masterful gripping drama" (Motion Picture Daily) directed by William Wyler (Ben-Hur) and written by Lillian Hellman (The Little Foxes). Nominated* for four Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, Dead End is powerful, entertaining and a true landmark in moviemaking. On the mean streets of New York's Lower East Side, Drina (Sylvia Sidney) hopes to save herbrother from a life of crime. But notorious hoodlum Baby Face Martin (Bogart) has come back to his old haunts looking for trouble and threatening to drag the boy down with him. Drina turns to her childhood friend Dave (Joel McCrea) for help. But can he stop Martin without becoming just like him? *1937: Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Claire Trevor), Cinematography, Art DirectionBestsellers in DVD
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