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The Bowery Boys are fictional New York City characters, portrayed by a company of New York actors, who were the subject of 48 feature films released by Monogram Pictures and its successor Allied Artists Pictures Corporation from 1946 through 1958. [1] The Bowery Boys were successors of the East Side Kids, who
In the "Bowery Boys" series, he was the leader of the group, aside from the last seven films in which he didn't appear after his father died, who played Louie the shop owner in the series. Huntz Hall appeared in all incarnations in the series of films, Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids and Bowery Boys. In the Bowery Boys, he ...
Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917 [1] – June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys.
Undaunted, Gorcey and Bobby Jordan retooled the series as The Bowery Boys. They recruited Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Billy Benedict, and David Gorcey from The East Side Kids. The Bowery Boys became an exceptionally popular staple of theaters and drive-ins, with the films released quarterly. Forty-eight Bowery Boys features were made.
The studio filled out the cast with David Gorcey (Leo's younger brother) and Hally Chester. The next three films did not include any of the original Dead End Kids. Little Tough Guys in Society (1939) was more of a lightweight comedy, while the next two, Newsboys' Home and Code of the Streets (1939), were more dramatic.
Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 [1] – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular "Dead End Kids" movies, including Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and in the later "Bowery Boys" movies, during the late 1930s to the late 1950s.
In Fast Company is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Del Lord starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys alongside Jane Randolph and Judy Clark. It is the second film in the series, which was produced by Monogram Pictures.
Here Come the Marines is a 1952 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring The Bowery Boys. [1] The film was released on June 29, 1952, by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-sixth film in the series.