A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school..
Is it worth your time? If you like old black-and-white stuff where kids talk like tiny, angry adults, you might dig it. If you want something that feels like a real movie and not a weird social experiment from 1936, maybe skip it. It’s mostly for people who get a kick out of seeing how Hollywood used to think 'tough' k...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
W.S. Van Dyke
W.S. Van Dyke
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old black-and-white stuff where kids talk like tiny, angry adults, you might dig it. If you want something that feels like a real movie and not a weird social experiment from 1936, maybe skip it. It’s mostly for people who get a kick out of seeing how Hollywood used to think 'tough' kids behaved. Freddie Bartholomew plays Claude, the new kid. He’s so polite it hurts to watch. He walks around Manhattan looking like he’s lost his butler. Then you’ve got Mickey R..."
Cyril Hume, Richard Schayer, Rowland Brown, John Lee Mahin, Frank Fenton
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