Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

ooys leu broadway Tor Holly
wood to repeat in q picture
their stage triumph in Dead
End" At that time they were pub
licized as the toughest spawn yielded
by the "Hell's Kitchen" section of
New York. Now the local tendency is
to whitewash the lads into caricatures
Of dirt-soiled angels, with near-social
backgrounds. Even their latest pic
ture is titled Angels With Dirty
Faces"
I interviewed them all recently.
Leo Corey, %. the Oldest of the
kids, scratched himself against a post
throughout the entire talk Bernard
Gorcey, his father, has been on the
stage all his life and played Isaac
Cohen in "Abie's Irish Rose" Leo, like
the rest Of the boys, earns between
$500 and $3.50 a week with the ex-
ception of Billy Halop, whose salary
Is $3.50. Half Of Gorcey's income is
banked, the other half supports his
family-which leaves him $50 . week
pocket money. Leo is the only Dead
End boy who has imbibed alcohol
but, in his own words, II gave UP
liquor year ago when I got sick.
Every time I drink I get into trou-
ble' -. He is chain smoker.
Corey does not think very much
of Hollywood females. They bother
us all the time-they are in love
with our glamour-or after our money.
They keep asking us to go to parties.
I hate parties" Until a few weeks
ago Corey was an engaged man
Il went with girl steady eight
months. But we had a beef She
couldn't cook. She said she'd learn.
So one night she cooked dinner. Made
me ill. So was through His
favorite film actress-Bonita Granville.
But she's only a kid-maybe ought
to say some one else" Corey
drives his own cara Ford vs..
RILLY HALOP Son Of a New
- York lawyer, 10 years old-"but
I'm is for the screen" Billy, who
has been acting since babyhood, Is
the richest of the boys When I'm
IS I get Sl00 week for life from
my radio earnings alone" Every cent
of his $3.50 a week is put into trust
funds. His spending allowance-$l
a day-"or as much as I want when
60 out" CFavorite dining -out
place-La Conga, night clubD
He likes parties. But does not like
Hollywood. He says. There's moth
| ing to do here" He lives with his
mother. When I asked for his
mothers opinion of Hollywood. Billy
replied, How can she be happy
when pops in New York;"
Bernard Punsley The quietest,
weightiest Dead End" kid. He is
IS. few months younger than Bob
by Jordan. is studying to be q doctor
and is allowed $40 a week pocket
money. He lives with his mother
does not care for girls. and says that
Paul MUM is his favorite actor.
GABRIEL DELL is credited with be-
ing the most intelligent of the
six. He reads everything and any
thing. but still wants to be an actor
when he grows up" Gabriel, aged
l9. is of Italian American ancestry
his real name. Gabriel del Vichio. He
lives with his mother in modest
home near the Warner Bros studio.
Likes to cook-his speciality. angel
food cake Gets SIS q week
chiefly for buying books of poetry
and drama.
Dell's closest friend among the kids
is Huntz Hall. fiat-nosed 1S-year -old
Irishman. (All the boys get on well,
though the others are little en-
vious OF Halop for earning more
money but chiefly because his con-
tract gives him top billing) Huntz'
father died three months ago, and
the court appointed him his own
guardian He is the only Dead
End" boy who can do exactly as he
pleases with his salary-spending it all
| or saving it.
Bobby Jordan, of the long hair and
expressive eyes, is crazy about Holly
wood and hopes he never has to go
back to New York. There's nothing
to do there" he complains. (How
about it, Mr. Halop?) >. He alone
of the boys does not smoke .. He likes
parties, is an expert roller-skater .
Drives his own car very old .
Gets $40 a week spending money . i.
Adores Deanna Durbin-but is afraid
to tell her But. like the rest of
the kids. despises the Hollywood wom-
an. They're all wacky." says Bobby.
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