Wild Boys of the Road (1933) | |
| Director(s) | William A. Wellman |
| Producer(s) | |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | Pre-Code Cinema, Great Depression |
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by William A. Wellman .
Wild Boys of the Road was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2013.
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Wild Boys of The Road (1933): Another Wellman Micro Epic
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 13, 2022 From 4 Star FilmsWe’re always told that teen culture was an invention of the 1950s and the post-war boon. To a certain extent this is true and yet watching something like Wild Boys is eye-opening. We open at the Sophomore Frolic. It suggests there were elements of this lifestyle generations before. Dances, gir... Read full article
WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD (1933)
By Terry on Nov 19, 2018 From Stardust and ShadowsThe reckless, fast story of? WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD made in the delightful the precode late period of 1933 by William Wellman is wonderful if not under appreciated example of Warner Brothers (Actually First National) reading “today’s? headlines”.? This? current approach was used eve... Read full article
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
By smumcountry on Sep 21, 2014 From Smum CountySeptember 21, 2014 by smumcounty Between 1929 and 1939 more than 250,000 men left their homes and took to the road to ride the rails or hitch rides as hoboes. When we think of the iconic hobo today, we picture a grizzled old prospector type with a three day growth of beard and a battered old fedora.... Read full article
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
By smumcountry on Sep 21, 2014 From Smum CountySeptember 21, 2014 by smumcounty Between 1929 and 1939 more than 250,000 men left their homes and took to the road to ride the rails or hitch rides as hoboes. When we think of the iconic hobo today, we picture a grizzled old prospector type with a three day growth of beard and a battered old fedora.... Read full article
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) (1)
By Angela on Nov 21, 2010 From Hollywood RevueEddie Smith (Frankie Darro) and Tommy Gordon (Edwin Phillips) are a couple of young guys who are, like everybody else in 1933, feeling the pain of the Great Depression.? At first, Eddie’s doing OK since his father has a good job, but Tommy’s mom has been out of work for so long that Tomm... Read full article
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Quotes from
Mr. James Smith: Wha... ? Where'd this come from?
Edward 'Eddie' Smith: Oh, I sold my car. I was tired of it anyway. You know me - have a thing a little while... get sort of fed up with it.
[Opening the refrigerator]
Edward 'Eddie' Smith: I guess I'm like my cousin Hugo.
[Turning and looking at his father]
Edward 'Eddie' Smith: Hey, you're not sore at me, are you, Pop?
Mr. James Smith: [Gettig up and walking toward Eddie] No matter what you ever do, Edward, you'll never make me feel as proud of you as I have this minute.
Edward 'Eddie' Smith: Go ahead! Put me in a cell. Lock me up! I'm sick of being hungry and cold. Sick of freight trains. Jail can't be any worse than the street. So give it to me!
Edward 'Eddie' Smith: [Discovering that Sally is a girl] He's a she!
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Facts about
Frankie Darro, a former circus performer, did his own backflips at the end of the film.
A different ending for the film was originally shot. In this ending, the judge does not relent: Sally and Tommy are sent to juvenile hall, while Eddie is sent to juvenile prison. Wellman preferred this ending as a more realistic one, but the studio insisted on a more uplifting alternative, in which the judge changes his mind and gives all three youths a second chance - several movie reviewers at the time described the happy ending as a facile cop-out.
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