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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 neighbourhoods and tenement slums on New York City's East River. The film industry picked up the story and in 1937 released ""Dead End Kids"", which spawned 23 more years of films and serials featuring the 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, shifting casts and studios. First the reader is introduced to how the original play and film came about. A cast list and summary of each production follows. For the major players, the author provides a biography and filmography, and several of these entries include a tribute from a friend or family member. Brief biographical profiles are given for other actors. A sketch of the ""Dead End"" revival of 1978 follows.

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