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From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys!
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The Bowery Boys were successors of the East Side Kids, who had been the subject of films since 1940. The group originated as the Dead End Kids, who originally appeared in the 1937 film Dead End.
Little Tough Guy (1938) THE DEAD END KIDS. Stars: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey Director: Harold Young In depression era NYC, an angry street kid begins a life a crime after his...
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Leo Gorcey was the only original Dead End Kid to only appear in the Dead End Kids films, Eastside Kids and Bowery Boys. He was known for his diminutive stature, wiseguy attitude, and frequent malapropisms, which he delivered in a Brooklyn accent.
Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917 [1] – June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys.
The East Side Kids were characters in a series of films released by Monogram Pictures from 1940 through 1945. Many of them were originally part of Dead End K...
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At the peak of his career, Bobby made $1,500 a week, owned a $150,000 home in Beverly Hills and was the sole support of his mother, two brothers a sister and a niece. In 1940, Bobby returned to Universal to appear with several other Dead End Kids in The Little Tough Guys series.
