The Dead End Kids: Angels Wash Their Faces (United States, 1939)


Figure 1.-- Billy Halop, one oif the original Dead End Kids, plays a boy named "Billy" in this film. we see him (on the right, in semi-profile) still wearing his street-gang clothes before the transformation--a rumpled open-necked sports shirt. Then we see him dressed up in a suit and tie. Put your cursor on the image to see him in the suit and tie.

Dead End Kids and an aging Jackie Searl. This was a sequel to "Angels With Dirty Faces". In this film, the Dead End Kids turn respectable and are taught to dress and behave in a more civilized manner. Again Billy Halop plays one of the lead boys, and we see him here in middle-class boys' clothes. He wears suits, neckties, and sleeveless sweaters. The film also featured Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan, Warner Brothers rising stars in the late 1930s. Billy Halop, one oif the original Dead End Kids, plays a boy named "Billy" in this film. we see him (on the right, in semi-profile) still wearing his street-gang clothes before the transformation--a rumpled open-necked sports shirt. Then we see him dressed up in a suit and tie.







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