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My Leo Gorcey: "Without Trying Too Hard"
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	Mannequin (1938) [VHS] Buy used from: $9.49 He has a small role here as the wisecracking brother of Joan Crawford. I immediately was drawn to him, because he had such a powerful personality.
	Angels With Dirty Faces Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $6.49 He's just one of the gang here, but he certainly stands out. This is a great movie not only for the Dead End Kids, but just in general.
	East Side Kids: That Gang of Mine Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.35 This movie is okay, but it does give Leo a chance to show off his dramatic acting skills. There are both funny parts and sad parts.
	East Side Kids: Clancy Street Boys Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $0.88 A very funny movie about the boys getting mixed up in a scam Leo's father played on his best friend. He's obviously the star here.
	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 by Leonard Getz Buy new: $44.00 / Used from: $66.65 My library won't let me check this book out, so I haven't gotten to read all of it, but it is a nice book for general information on the kids, and it includes mini-bios for each star.
	Bowery Boys: Spook Busters [VHS] Buy used from: $7.01 A haunted house mystery where Leo is the leader. It's a decent movie, filled with traditional antics from the group.
	Me and the Dead End Kid by Leo Gorcey Jr. Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $16.36 A really interesting book by Leo's son, we learn about Gorcey Sr.'s drinking problems and many marriages.
	They Made Me a Criminal Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.04 Here as just one of the gang, this film is a pretty typical one for the Dead End Kids. They play second fiddle to John Garfield.
	Bowery Boys: Clipped Wings [VHS] Buy used from: $5.44 A very funny and polished movie, Clipped Wings stars Gorcey and Huntz Hall as two very stupid and very funny guys who get mixed up with the military.
	Dead End Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.34 The first film he ever did, Gorcey has a semi small part. He isn't the leader of the gang like he would become later, but he does have a featured part.
	Bowery Boys: Blues Busters [VHS] Buy used from: $6.40 Gorcey takes over and makes a lot of cash here when Hall develops an excellent singing voice. This one is filled with mispronounciations and other trademarks.
	The Bowery Boys in Let's Get Tough [VHS] Buy used from: $3.99 This movie is kind of racist, and surprisingly, Huntz Hall steals the spotlight from Gorcey. He's in it, but not a huge part of the action.
	An original Dead End Kid presents: dead end yells, wedding bells, cockle shells, and dizzy spells by Leo B Gorcey Buy used from: $274.95 This is a very rare, but very excellent book written by Leo in the 1960s. It is really more of a series of essays than an autobiography, but it features plenty of wit and out-and-out humor. It shows how clever he really was.
	Crime School Buy new: $26.99 Another early appearance with the Dead End Kids, Leo is a troublemaker whose toughness goes deep and gets his friends into a lot of trouble.