So it’s raining and cold and I have to do a bunch of stuff…then I got distracted and started watching
China’s Stolen Children on HBO. A documentary about all these kids getting kidnapped and people selling their kids due to extreme poverty and the one child law. It is really sad.

So if you see this kid, give him back.
Anyway, I’m thinking this is crazy this could never happen in the U.S. The way this current global economy is “lost boys” could be come a U.S. problem very quickly. I remember actually seeing this movie at one point, but I need to revisit it.

Wild Boys of the Road

Here’s the Trailer

Here’s a good quick description of the film:
Directed by William Wellman.
With Frankie Darro, Edwin Phillips
US 1933, 35mm, b/w, 68 min.

“Impoverished by the Depression, teenage buddies Tom and Ed take
off to fend for themselves and lighten their unemployed parents’ load. Far from home, the boys’ romantic dreams of new found freedom and idyllic odyssey are shattered by the brutal lessons of the dog-eat-dog nature of life on the ragged fringes of
society. Director Wellman (Public Enemy) brings a vivid ferocity to this hard-edged road movie. Such clear-eyed and unflinching depictions of poverty, lawlessness and the victimization of youth would soon become rare in Hollywood.”

Many films we see now, Harry Potter, what is that vampire movie…Twilight, etc. don’t really show what harsh reality some families may be experiencing. I think that might be why Precious was so successful at the box office. People unfortunately, can relate. I could be wrong.

Maybe we need more of these films that talk about what children in the U.S. are experiencing so we don’t end up with a generation of teens being forced into horrific situations. We have protections in place now that the kids in the 30′s didn’t have, I believe this movie was used as a promotion for the ideals of the New Deal. Maybe they can make a film that promotes something about kids and health care.

Anyway, don’t mean to be a downer. Happy Holidays, enjoy the season, and don’t buy or sell any children on ebay. Thanks.