ST. JAMES THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1938, Page 6

ST. JAMES THEATRE.

"Dead End" Kids.

A realistic human drama of the tragedy, laughter, and heart-ache found on a big city's streets, Universal's thrilling document of modern youth, "Little TouglS Guy," commences tomorrow at the St. James.Theatre, with the famous "Dead End" kids, Helen Parrish, Jackie Searl, and Robert Wilcox, featured. Filled with elemental emotions, lifted alive and throbbing from life itself, the picture offers Billy Halop and the other youthful stars of "Dead End" their most important opportunities since "Crime School." Helen Parrish, the "meanie" of Deanna Durbin's film, "Mad About Music." has the role of the sister. Robert Wilcox is seen as her loyal friend, and Marjorie Main is cast as. the mother. Jackie Searl plays the role of:'a rich boy who turns to a life :. of ??,pettv crime "just for the thrill." Written by Brenda Weisberg and Gilsoir Brown, tlie story is a simple and powerful narrative of what takes, place in the-lives of a mother, son. arid daughter* Mien the father is sent to prison and the family moves to a sordid tenement district. The boy becomes involved with a tough Jot of young Adotflums. Embittered by his father's conviction he takes over leadership of;the.vinob" and is soon the most ruthless BL-jdJ daring of the lot. Captured ,*v?hile,trying to hold up a theatre, the boyg are sent to a reform school, where :f61. the first time they learn the true;values of life. Directed; by Harold YoUng and produced by Ken Goldsmith^: "Little Tough Guy" presents the "Dead'S'End'* kids in a drama that is as Human and significant as. it is thrilling. . »vV

j Other entertainments will be found |on page 15.