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He left the series after being injured in an elevator accident. (He later stated in an interview that he "didn't like the setup," possibly referring to the idea of Gorcey and Hall being in the forefront, and being paid much more than the other members.) Bobby Jordan was also unhappy with the direction of the series, which favored Gorcey and Hall and limited the participation of the other gang members. Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, "Scruno" in the East Side Kids films, declined an invitation to rejoin the gang. Thirteen actors were members of the team at one time or another. Like the previous incarnations of the team, the members went through a number of changes over the course of the series. The proprietor of the malt shop where they hung out was the panicky Louie Dumbrowski ( Bernard Gorcey, Leo's and David's real-life father). In 1948 Bobby was replaced by Butch Williams, with former East Side Kids Bennie Bartlett and Buddy Gorman alternating in the role. The original main characters were Terrence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney ( Leo Gorcey), Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones ( Huntz Hall), Bobby ( Bobby Jordan), Whitey ( Billy Benedict), and Chuck ( David Gorcey, sometimes billed as David Condon). The new series followed a more established formula than the prior incarnations of the team, with the gang usually hanging out at Louie's Sweet Shop (at 3rd & Canal St.) until an adventure came along. (The earlier films' credits appear as "Leo Gorcey and The Bowery Boys".) Gorcey, who owned 40 percent of the company, starred in, produced, and contributed to the scripts. Grippo, Gorcey, and Hall formed Jan Grippo Productions, revamped the format, and rechristened the series The Bowery Boys. Bobby Jordan then suggested a meeting with his agent, Jan Grippo. In 1945, when East Side Kids producer Katzman refused to grant Leo Gorcey's request to double his weekly salary, Gorcey quit the series, which then ended immediately. A total of 22 East Side Kids films were made, with the final one, Come Out Fighting, released in 1945. The original Dead End Kids were now working at several studios, so the East Side Kids were made at the same time that Universal was making the "Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys" series. Original Dead End Kids Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell followed Jordan and Gorcey to Monogram, as did freelance juvenile Billy Benedict of the Little Tough Guys. Katzman also signed Leo's brother David Gorcey and "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, another Our Gang alumnus. When Bobby Jordan and Leo Gorcey became available in 1940, Katzman signed them and "The East Side Kids" became a Monogram series. The film was released by Monogram Pictures.
Independent producer Sam Katzman cashed in on the Dead End Kids' popularity by producing a low-budget imitation, East Side Kids (1940) with six juvenile actors, including Hally Chester who had appeared with individual Dead Enders in various films, and former Our Gang kid Donald Haines.
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