Dead End - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Dead End"
Dead End (1937)
Timing: 1:33 (93 min)
Dead End - TMDB rating
7/10
115

Film crew

Director

Producer

Editor

Photo Daniel Mandell #92173
Daniel Mandell
Editor

Art Direction

Richard Day

Richard Day
Art Direction

Costume Design

Omar Kiam
Costume Design

Stunts

Set Decoration

Julia Heron

Julia Heron
Set Decoration

Original Music Composer

Photo Alfred Newman #72368

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer

Associate Producer

Merritt Hulburd
Associate Producer

Orchestrator

Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator

Director of Photography

Photo Gregg Toland #2415

Gregg Toland

Gregg Toland
Director of Photography

Screenplay

Lillian Hellman
Screenplay

Special Effects

James Basevi

James Basevi
Special Effects

Assistant Director

Edmond F. Bernoudy
Assistant Director

Sound Recordist

Frank Maher
Sound Recordist

Dialogue

Frank P. Goodnow
Dialogue

Theatre Play

Sidney Kingsley
Theatre Play

Music Director

Presenter

What's left behind the scenes

  • Director William Wyler (1902-1981) gave actress Claire Trevor (1910-2000) an old handbag and shoes with broken heels. He instructed her to wear less makeup and not to style her hair in the morning, to more convincingly portray her fallen heroine.
  • William Wyler disliked how Wendy Barrie (1912-1978) reacted with disgust to the garbage cans in the dirty alley. After several unsuccessful takes, the director ordered live cockroaches to be brought onto the set, and only then did he achieve believable acting from the actress.
  • All references to what Francy (played by Claire Trevor) does were veiled to avoid censorship (although her profession is stated directly in the play that served as the literary source). The film doesn't even once mention the fact that she is suffering from late-stage syphilis.
  • William Wyler wanted to film on location directly on the streets of New York, but producer Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974) insisted on studio filming. Wyler ordered garbage to be scattered around the set for realism, which horrified the fastidious Goldwyn, so he personally cleaned up the garbage at the end of each shooting day.
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