A book like this should have been made 30 to 40 years ago. Personally, I became a fan of the Dead End Kids after I watched the first movie
Dead End
(1937) in the 1980's. They began playing many of the movies on late-night television then.
After doing some research at the library and later reading an older version of
Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide)
, I was delighted to discover the young actors had made many sequels as The Dead End Kids (1937-43). Billy Halop and Huntz Hall moved on to The Little Tough Guys films with some of the gang and Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan with others became The East Side Kids (1940-45). Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell joined later. Then the gang changed title again and were known as The Bowery Boys (1946-58).
For a total of 86 movies and 3 serials from 1937 to 1958 we have enjoyed these rambunctious teenagers and some all the way into their 30's. Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall were the age of 38 when they made their last film with the gang.
I know that author, Richard Roat worked hard on this book doing interviews with family members, endless research and gathering photos for many years. The book has 236 pages.
There is a forward with Mendi Koenig and Brandy Gorcey-Ziesemer.
Short Cast Biographies of Bernard Punsley, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Dick Chandlee, Mendie Koenig, Halley Chester, Stanley Clements, Buddy Gorman, David Gorcey, Charles Duncan, Harris Berger, David Durand, Donald Haines, Eugene Francis, Frankie Burke, Billy benedict, Benjamin Bartlett, Frankie Thomas, James McCallion, John Duncan, Sammy Morrison, Bobby Stone, Norman Abbott, Eddie LeRoy, William Lawrence, Sam Edwards, Jack Edwards, Mickey Martin and Wesley Giraud.
Short Supporting Player Biographies of Charles Peck, Ronald Sinclair, Ward Wood, Kenneth Howell, George Offerman Jr, Jackie Searl, Gil Stratton Jr and William Tracy.
There is a section of "Lost Players".
A description of all the black & white Dead End Kids, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys movies are given and this includes The Little Tough Guys films with Billy Halop and the serials, Junior G-Men, Sea Raiders, Junior G-Men of the Air.
You might even find a note about an interesting fact about an actor or the movie.
274 black & white photographs are contained in this book.
The author had so much information, he made a second book
Hollywood's Made-to-Order Punks Part 2: A Pictorial History of the Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys
(2014), and a third book, Hollywood's Made to order Punks Part 3: The Faces of the Angels with Dirty Faces. (2015).
Note: The third Dead End Kids movie, Angles with Dirty Faces (1938), was computer-colorized in 1989. This version was broadcast on Ted Turner's cable channels (TBS, TNT).
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