Dead End Kids Dress Parade/Hell's Kitchen

Dead End Kids Dress Parade/Hell's KitchenThe kid stars of Broadway's Dead End were seasoned series vets by 1939, having already appeared in a number of films backing up the likes of James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and Pat O'Brien. By 1939, their popularity propelled them to headliner status and the Kids were now the stars. The Dead End Kids on Dress Parade features Leo Gorcey's first appearance under the moniker "Slip," playing the wise mouthed, malcontent that would become his signature. The

but nothing goes according to plan

George Tobias and Henry Hull

encompassing mystery

Although skeptical

fiction's most famous gentleman thief

The hyperbole was prophetic

For three years

Raffles would be remade with David Niven

And Laughton (who shed fifty pounds for the role) plays Edward Moulton-Barrett

Tom is offered the lawman's position when it's learned he won't carry a gun

plays the returned wife who cagily sets out to reclaim her former life

Lon Chaney