4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on January 13, 2022

We’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, gi   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on November 19, 2018

The 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   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on September 21, 2014

September 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...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on September 21, 2014

September 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...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on November 21, 2010

Eddie 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...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on April 17, 2010

Frankie Darro and Dorothy Coonan in 'Wild Boys of the Road' All six of the William A Wellman pre-Codes included in the Forbidden Hollywood Collection volume three are great to watch, and am sure I’ll go back to them all in the future. But the last one in the package,...   read more