East Side Kids (film)
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East Side Kids is a 1940 film and the first in the East Side Kids
film series. It is, however, the only one not to star any of the original six Dead End Kids
.
. This was also his first project at Monogram Pictures, which he joined shortly after the folding of his company Victory Pictures.
East Side Kids
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 The Dead End Kids and The Little Tough Guys, and several of them later became members of The Bowery Boys....
film series. It is, however, the only one not to star any of the original six Dead End Kids
Dead End Kids
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...
.
Overview
The film was released by producer Sam KatzmanSam Katzman
Sam Katzman was an American film producer and director. Born into a poor Jewish family, Katzman went to work as a stage laborer at the age of 13 in the fledgling East Coast film industry...
. This was also his first project at Monogram Pictures, which he joined shortly after the folding of his company Victory Pictures.
The East Side Kids
- Hal E. ChesterHal E. ChesterHal E. "Hally" Chester is a American film producer and former child actor.He is best known for his appearances in Universal Studios's Little Tough Guys series at the end of the 1930s. His last appearance in this series was in Sea Raiders...
as Fred 'Dutch' Kuhn - Harris Berger as Danny Dolan
- Frankie BurkeFrankie BurkeFrankie Burke was a Hollywood actor.Born in Brooklyn with the name Francis Vaselle Aiello, Frankie Burke was both tenacious and talented. He went to P.S...
as Skinny - Jack Edwards as Algernon 'Mouse' Wilkes
- Donald HainesDonald HainesDonald Haines was an American child actor who had recurring appearances in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1929 to 1933.-Our Gang:...
as Peewee - Eddie Brian as Mike
- Sam EdwardsSam EdwardsSam Edwards was an American actor. His most famous role on TV was as the banker in the TV series Little House on the Prairie.-Biography:Born into a showbusiness family, his first role was as a baby in his mother's arms...
as Pete
Remaining Cast
- Leon AmesLeon Ames (actor)Leon Ames was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing fatherly figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis , as Judy Garland's father, and in Little Women ....
as Pat O'Day - Dennis MooreDennis Moore (actor)Dennis Moore was an actor who specialized in western films and film serials....
as Milton 'Mileway' Harris - Joyce Bryant as Molly Dolan
- Vince BarnettVince BarnettVince Barnett was an American film actor. He appeared on stage originally before appearing in over 180 films between 1930 and 1975....
as Whisper - Dave O'BrienDave O'Brien (actor)Dave O'Brien was an American film actor, director and writer. Born David Poole Fronabarger in Big Spring, Texas, O'Brien started his film career in bit parts before gradually winning larger roles, mostly in B pictures....
as 'Knuckles' Dolan - Ted AdamsTed Adams (actor)Ted Adams was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly two hundred films between 1926 and 1952.He was born in New York City, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
as Schmidt - Maxine Leslie as May
- Robert FiskeRobert Fiske (actor)Robert Fiske was an American film actor during the 1930s and 1940s.Born in Griggsville, Missouri he appeared in 66 films, primarily B-movies and westerns. He died in Sunland, California of congestive heart failure at the age of 54 and was buried at Forest Lawn Glendale, Glendale,...
as Cornwall - Jim Farley as Police Captain Moran
- Alden 'Stephen' Chase as Detective Joe
- Fred Hoose as Mr. Wilkes
- Eric Burtis as Eric
- Frank Yaconelli as Tony the grocer
Crew
- Directed by: Robert F. Hill
- Screenplay by: William Lively
- Produced by: Sam Katzman
- Music composed by: Johnny Lange, Lew Porter
- Film editing by: Earl Turner
- Cinematography by: Arthur Reed
- Production Management: Ed W. Rote
- Assistant Director: Glenn Cook
- Sound: Glen GlennGlen GlennGlen Glenn may refer to:* Glen Glenn , American rockabilly singer* Glen Glenn Sound, sound studio...