<p>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 neighborhoods and tenement slums on New York City's East River. The film industry picked up the story and in 1937 released Dead End which spawned 23 more years of films and serials featuring the Dead End 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 analysis 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. Sketches of the "Dead End" revivals of 1978 and 2005 follow.</p>

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

Getz, Leonard

Reference

McFarland Company

Innocent Spouse

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Getz, Len

Mystery

Conservatarian Press

<p>Being an IRS agent isn't all fun and games. Mostly it's downright dull, and that suits agent Ivan Samuels just fine. Sure, there was that time he'd found illegal gambling and organized crime when he audited a restaurant, but that was an anomaly. He was happy quietly pursuing tax cheats in court, dating his tax lawyer girlfriend Alice, and raising his college-student daughter Liz.But no. Somehow he acquired an assistant and trainee, the chirpy and cheerful Keisha, and a new case: investigating the Philadelphia Times, ostensibly for taxes but secretly looking for leads that the FBI could pursue. And then a dead body turns up - Liz's dear friend and a star reporter for the Times.Pursuing leads from the archives and stacks of the Times seemed less important than supporting Liz or dealing with his stubborn, independent father Harold's heart condition from thousands of miles away - until it becomes clear that the body, the Times, and Islamic terrorism are all interconnected. Now Ivan must figure out the links before tragedy strikes.</p>

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