Post by Brad Nelson on May 26, 2024 8:12:44 GMT -8
I've been watching a lot of Tubi TV lately. For all intents and purposes, why spend $40.00 or more a month for Sling TV or some other paid service when both still have commercials? At least with Tubi TV it's free.
Last night I watched 1937's Dead End with Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, and Sylvia Sidney. (It's soon to be leaving Tubi so catch is soon.) This also features The Dead End Kids (who are hardly kids, but a hoot in their own right). According to Wiki:
McCrea is the soft-spoken nice-guy who got a college degree to be an architect but hard times have left him doing odd jobs to get by.
Bogart is an old alum of the neighborhood who returns looking for lost love and nostalgia. In the meantime, he's been a murderous gangster who is on the run. Bogart plays the part magnificently, truly giving off the vibe of a dangerous man.
Clair Trevor is good in the minor role of Francey, Bogart's old girlfriend from the old neighborhood. Ward Bond plays a possibly uncredited role (I didn’t see his name listed in the credits) as the doorman of a rich apartment building which is built on the river right next to and overlooking the slums.
I didn't find a lot interest in the Drina (Sylvia Sidney) Dave (Joel McCrea) relationship. And the relationship between Dave and the upper crust gal he has the hots for, Kay (Wendy Barrie), is stilted to the first degree.
But somehow this mishmash, often over-acted and melodramatic, seems to work. It has some memorable scenes, many including Bogart, of course.
Last night I watched 1937's Dead End with Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, and Sylvia Sidney. (It's soon to be leaving Tubi so catch is soon.) This also features The Dead End Kids (who are hardly kids, but a hoot in their own right). According to Wiki:
The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York City who appeared in Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play Dead End in 1935. In 1937, producer Samuel Goldwyn brought all of them to Hollywood and turned the play into a film. They proved to be so popular that they continued to make movies under various monikers, including the Little Tough Guys, the East Side Kids, and the Bowery Boys, until 1958.
McCrea is the soft-spoken nice-guy who got a college degree to be an architect but hard times have left him doing odd jobs to get by.
Bogart is an old alum of the neighborhood who returns looking for lost love and nostalgia. In the meantime, he's been a murderous gangster who is on the run. Bogart plays the part magnificently, truly giving off the vibe of a dangerous man.
Clair Trevor is good in the minor role of Francey, Bogart's old girlfriend from the old neighborhood. Ward Bond plays a possibly uncredited role (I didn’t see his name listed in the credits) as the doorman of a rich apartment building which is built on the river right next to and overlooking the slums.
I didn't find a lot interest in the Drina (Sylvia Sidney) Dave (Joel McCrea) relationship. And the relationship between Dave and the upper crust gal he has the hots for, Kay (Wendy Barrie), is stilted to the first degree.
But somehow this mishmash, often over-acted and melodramatic, seems to work. It has some memorable scenes, many including Bogart, of course.