From Broadway to the Bowery : a history and filmography of the Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys films, with cast biographies / Leonard Getz ; with a foreword by Leo Gorcey, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Getz, Leonard, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bowery Boys films--History and criticism.

Bowery Boys films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1935 Sidney Kingsley's play about streetwise urban kids, Dead End, opened on Broadway featuring 14 adolescent actors. For two years on Broadway and then on tour, Kingsley's play delivered its social commentary contrasting affluent neighborhoods and tenement slums on New York City's East River. The film industry picked up the story and in 1937 released Dead End which spawned 23 more years of films and serials featuring the Dead End Kids and their offshoots, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids and the Bowery Boys. This chronicle follows the street kids through the many assorted incarnations, sh

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword by Leo Gorcey, Jr.; Preface ; The Dead End Kids; The Little Tough Guys ; The East Side Kids; The Bowery Boys; Cast Biographies ; Epilogue; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8742-9