Sentences with phrase «wrong side of the tracks in»

It's the wrong side of the tracks in a dirty Midwestern town where you almost wonder if there is a right side.

Who: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda and Vincent Piazza What: The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s music group The Four Seasons.

Excellent performances bolster this ramshackle tale of a champion boxer trying to make good with his life following the loss of the one thing that always managed to keep him on track, his beloved wife, both orphans who met in foster care as they grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.

The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.

Not exact matches

The first two, never ideological allies and somewhat muted in their performances, were expected to lose their jobs shadowing pensions and education respectively, while the latter recently found herself on the wrong of side of the tracks as Balls shifted Labour's position on HS2.

Synopsis: A young man from the wrong side of the tracks realizes his dream of attending the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland.

Newcomer Short has charisma, charm and athleticism to burn, but it's mostly for naught in a movie that spends two tedious hours pulling out every stop in the gold - hearted - kid - from - the - wrong - side - of - the - tracks - meets - gold - hearted - girl - who - values - true - love - above - privilege playbook.

Set in Sacramento, Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) is a senior in high - school who «lives on the wrong side of the tracks» and wants more...

Reunited with her Pretty in Pink co-star McCarthy (waywardly reprising his role from that John Hughes production — and so dewy - eyed here that most male viewers will want to beat the shit out of him), Ringwald is Jewel, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks hanging out at her neighbour's place one day when in saunter Tipton and Matt.

She was not, even by her own admission, a great actress and because of this awareness Harlow worked hard at her craft and eventually would successfully hone her screen personality into one of the most enduring in motion picture history: the sassy, saucy girl from the wrong side of the tracks.

«Baby Face,» one of the most outrageous pre-Code films, will be shown in its original uncut form, with Stanwyck as a woman from the wrong side of the tracks — her father was her pimp — who decides to sleep her way to the top in the New York business world.

She is embarrassed of her family's run - down car, continuously jokes about «living on the wrong side of the tracks» and even lies to some of her friends about which house she lives in.

And Derry — a wrong - side - of - the - tracks type trapped in a loveless marriage — is in the unenviable position of taking his old customer - service job for less pay, all while falling for Stephenson's whip - smart daughter Peggy (Teresa Wright).

Ruby Gentry (Kino Lorber), directed by King Vidor (Duel in the Sun, Solomon and Sheba), stars Jennifer Jones (Portrait of Jennie, The Song of Bernadette) as the title character, a strong - willed Southern woman from the wrong side of the tracks.

That character is Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), nicknamed (by herself) Lady Bird, a young woman in her senior year of high school literally living on «the wrong side of the tracks» in Sacramento circa 2002.

If you were looking for a «debutante falls in with kids from the wrong side of the tracks» movie for seven year - olds this summer, The Smurfs 2 is probably it.

She's discovered living in an old tent left by the carnival on the wrong side of the tracks by Deputy Sheriff Field Carlisle (Zachary Scott), who immediately takes a liking to her.

All messages might be common expressions such as the following ones: stone cold, tough cookie, monkey business, bad egg, work your fingers to the bone, money to burn, miss the boat, down in the dumps, lay down the law, quick buck, throw your weight around, on the same wavelength, space cadet, wrong side of the tracks, easy as pie, out like a light, back stabber, hush - hush, down - to - earth, or play hooky.

Most families in Mossy Creek did, especially if they lived on the «wrong side of the tracks».

In Mossy Creek, when someone said you lived on the wrong side of the tracks, they weren't talking about your financial status or social standing.

Sovereignty, self - government, aboriginal title that has not been ceded, unresolved specific claims, legislative authorities, human rights and institutional racism are just a few of the topics, which, raised in the wrong context, can side track the discussion and the consultation.

A poor (but apt) metaphor is that Surrey's like the mousey girl in your elementary school class who you ignored because she was from the wrong side of the tracks, only to discover later in life that she became Jennifer Lopez.

For example, in The Notebook, Allie's parents deceive Noah and Allie because sadly, Noah is from the «wrong side of the tracks» and is not good enough for the well - bred Miss Hamilton.

The wrong side of the tracks: Starting school in a socially disadvantaged London borough.