The "Dead End Kids" - "Spit" Traditional Cache
The "Dead End Kids" - "Spit"
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"Spit" Played by Leo Gorcey, was one of the original "Dead End Kid"
actors for the stage play and movie "Dead End".
In the filthy slums of New York, wealthy people have built luxury
apartments there because of the view of the picturesque East River.
While they live in opulence, the destitute and dirt poor live
nearby in crowded, filthy tenements.
At the end of the street is a dock on the East River; to the left
are the luxury apartments and to the right are the slums. The Dead
End Kids, led by Tommy Gordon (Billy Halop), are a petty gang of
street urchins who are already well onto a path to a life of crime.
Members of the gang besides Tommy include, Dippy (Huntz Hall),
Angel (Bobby Jordan), Spit (Leo Gorcey), T.B. (Gabriel Dell), and
Milty (Bernard Punsly), the new kid on the block in search of
friends. Spit is a bit malicious with a cruel streak and initially
bullies the newcomer and takes his pocket change. However, Tommy
eventually lets Milty join the gang and turns out to be both a
loyal and generous friend.
Leo Gorcey Gorcey became one of the busiest actors in Hollywood for
the next 20 years.
From 1937 to 1939, he starred in 7 Dead End Kids movies, where he
played characters with various names
From 1940 to 1945, he starred in 21 East Side Kids movies, where he
played the character named Ethelbert "Muggs"
McInnis/McGinnis/Maloney
From 1946 to 1956, he starred in 41 Bowery Boys movies, where he
played the character named Terence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
He Died in 1969 at the age of 51.
In total the various teams that began life as 'The Dead End Kids'
made 89 films and three serials for four different studios during
their 21 year long film career. The team was awarded a star on
Hollywood's Walk of Fame, which can be found at the corner of La
Brea and Hollywood. One notable aspect of the group's history is
their transition from stark drama to comedy. When they began, in
"Dead End" and their other early films, their characters were
serious, gritty, genuinely menacing young hoodlums. But by the
height of their career, their movies were essentially comedies,
with the Kids depicted as low-class but basically harmless, likable
teens - comic caricatures of their former selves.
No need to go over the fence the cache IS NOT near the
tracks.
As always, be careful and replace the cache as
found!
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