William A Wellman WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD Original photograph from 1933 #136691

Description

Wild Boys of the Road (Original photograph from 1933 film)
Author:
William A. Wellman (director); Earl Baldwin (screenwriter); Daniel Ahern (story); Frankie Daro, Ward Bond, Ann Hovey (starring)
Title:
Wild Boys of the Road (Original photograph from 1933 film)
Publication:
Los Angeles: First National Pictures, 1933
Description:
Vintage reference photograph from the 1933 pre-Code film.
Shown is Ann Hovey as she is attacked after stowing away on a train by Ward Bond, playing against type as a villainous railroad worker. The rape is not only attempted but takes place, a radical element even in a pre-Code film.
A film that has held up well, in that it breaks the stereotype of hobos as nothing more than restless drifters and delves into what fueled the movement during the Great Depression. Many teenagers, male and female, were forced to leave their homes and ride the rails because their families were unable to provide support.
8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine, with some penciled annotations on the verso regarding another actress in the film, Dorothy Coonan, who would go on to marry the film's director, William A. Wellman.
National Film Registry.
Seller ID:
136691
Subject:
Directors, Film Still Photographs, Great Depression, Pre-Code Film, Social Justice, Radical, and Proletarian Interest
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