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In 1937, this was made into a movie, and Leo became one of the busiest actors for the next 20 years -- from 1937-1939 he starred in seven Dead End Kids movies, from 1940-1945 in 21 East Side Kids films, from 1946-1956 in 41 Bowery Boys movies. In 1939, Leo married 17-year-old dancer Kay Marvis, who appeared in four of his movies.
The Dead End Kids originally appeared in the 1935 play Dead End, dramatized by Sidney Kingsley.When Samuel Goldwyn turned the play into a 1937 film, he recruited the original "kids" from the play—Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Billy Halop, and Bernard Punsly—to appear in the same roles in the film.
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Dead End Kids Films. 1937 - Dead End. 1938 - Crime School. 1938 - Angels With Dirty Faces. 1939 - They Made Me A Criminal. 1939 - Hell's Kitchen. 1939 - Angels Wash Their Faces. 1939 - On Dress Parade. Trailer for "Dead End".
Dead End (1937) Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir. The lives of a young man, a young woman, an infamous gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum. Director: William Wyler | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie. Votes: 8,521.
Dead End Kids (1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular ...
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The Little Tough Guys (later billed as 'The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys') were a group of actors who made a series of films and serials released by Universal Studios from 1938 through 1943. [1] Many of them were originally part of The Dead End Kids, and several of them later became members of The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys .
Dead End Kids - Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York who appeared in Sidney Kingsley’s Broadway play Dead End in 1935. In 1937 producer Samuel Goldwyn brought all of them to Hollywood and turned the play into a film. They proved to be so popular that they continued to make movies under various ...
