Books by Richard Roat

52 years ago, Richard Roat started his hobby of collecting movie material on the Dead End Kids and Bowery Boys. In that 52 years, he has collected all the posters from each film-81 in total-plus lobby cards, half sheets, and a treasures trove of 8x10 pictures.With each new day, Richard discovers more information and uncovers more source materials about these infamous young actors, with this fourth volume only being the latest of his presentations of over 500 new and rare photographs.

This is the hardback version. "The first book in this series, Hollywood's Made To Order Punks, gave you insight into The Dead End Kids/Little Tough Guys/East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. You got to hear inside stories of who they were and what had become of them."In the second book in the series, Hollywood's Made To Order Punks, Part 2, you got to see many 8x10 stills, posters, lobby cards, plus you were able to read more of the back stories about them."Finally in part 3, there are more photographs from the author's extensive collection. Richard Roat aspires to enlighten all his readers with the artistry of this amazing group of entertainers as one turns the pages of this book. As Bim would say (while clicking his fingers together) 'All Gamblers Die Broke.'"- Jennifer RoatRichard Roat lives in Tinley Park, IL just outside of Chicago with his wife Mary and daughter Jenny. Richard retired in 2012 after many years working at a cemetery as a groundsman/gravedigger.

"I had no idea of writing another book on the Dead End Kids, until I was looking thru some of my many the 8x10 stills that I have collected over the past 50 years. While I was looking at them I came across a still of Charles R. Duncan, who was the original actor to play the role of Spit in the 1935 boradway production of the play Dead End. After looking at it for awhile, I thought that no one knows of him or has seen many pictures of him some of the other actos who worked with the Dead End Kids, who were punks"--Introduction.