SPOILERS.
They were still known as the Dead End Kids at this stage of their career, because of their appearance in "Dead End". Later they'd become East Side Kids and Bowery Boys. Leo Gorcey is the protagonist here. He was the one wearing the beanie. As a favor, John Litel sees that Gorcey ("Slip") is admitted to Washington, a military academy. The other Dead End Kids are also students there. They are given lines like, "In the language of my native Broadway, you are behind the eight ball plenty." Gorcey throws a plate of food into the face of a senior classman. He starts fights. He doesn't stow his gear properly. He's distraught. He wants to quit but is tricked into staying. In the end he succeeds and everything ends happily.
You should be either ten years old or totally drunk if you want to find anything fresh or amusing in this movie. I can't find a single thing to recommend this movie if you're not in one of those two pathological conditions. The story line is predictable, even at this early stage of the Kids' development. The acting is nonexistent. There is no humor that rises above the level of the worst pun you've ever heard.
In 1939, people paid to watch this.
They were still known as the Dead End Kids at this stage of their career, because of their appearance in "Dead End". Later they'd become East Side Kids and Bowery Boys. Leo Gorcey is the protagonist here. He was the one wearing the beanie. As a favor, John Litel sees that Gorcey ("Slip") is admitted to Washington, a military academy. The other Dead End Kids are also students there. They are given lines like, "In the language of my native Broadway, you are behind the eight ball plenty." Gorcey throws a plate of food into the face of a senior classman. He starts fights. He doesn't stow his gear properly. He's distraught. He wants to quit but is tricked into staying. In the end he succeeds and everything ends happily.
You should be either ten years old or totally drunk if you want to find anything fresh or amusing in this movie. I can't find a single thing to recommend this movie if you're not in one of those two pathological conditions. The story line is predictable, even at this early stage of the Kids' development. The acting is nonexistent. There is no humor that rises above the level of the worst pun you've ever heard.
In 1939, people paid to watch this.