The document provides a summary of the 1937 film "Dead End" by Lillian Hellman. It was shot on a sound stage like a play and depicts the social divide between the urban poor living in tenement buildings and the wealthy living in mansions overlooking the East River in New York City. The film follows the Dead End Kids gang and their interactions with a returning criminal and a rich boy from the mansion. It highlights the difficult choices and limited opportunities facing the impoverished characters.