What transpired was that it resulted in 48 films from. When others hear of the discovery of aladdins lamp, bedlam results, and. This one starred the bowery boys and was retitled spook busters before its release in 1946. But he crosses paths with slip mahoney, who is driving an independent cab as a favor, and the rest of the bowery boys, and this does not bode. The bowery boys would never make a comedy masterpiece like city lights, sherlock jr. Live wires 1946 in fast company 1946 bowery bombshell 1946 spook busters 1946 mr. Sach is given a posthypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter. Spook busters 1946 forty years before the bill murraydan aykroyd blockbuster, there was another ghostbusters. It is the fourth film in the series of forty eight. Billed in this film as leo gorcey and the bowery boys, gorcey slip, huntz hall sach, bobby jordan bobby, william benedict whitey, and gabriel.
Some moved to poverty row for films as the east side kids for sam katzman. There were approximately 47 films in the series, and some of the titles were bowery buckaroos 1947, trouble makers 1948, hold that baby. About william billy benedict whitey from the bowery boys movies i always liked him. Bowery bombshell 1946 stream and watch online moviefone. Determined to get a bigger piece of the financial pie and to have more say over production, gorcey and hall teamed with their agent jan grippo to reorganize the east side kids as the less scruffy but no less troubleprone bowery boys.
Watch live wires 1946 full movie free online streaming. Bowery boys crime caper about the hijinks that ensue when one of the slackers gets a job with the d. In fast company is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of the bowery boys. Blues busters 1946 bowery boys dvd, video download, usb. Bowery bombshell terence aloysius slip mahoney 1946. The first of 48 bowery boys movies released from 1946 to 1958. It is the first film in the series, which lasted until 1958 and included fortyeight films, after the comedy team of the east side kids was revamped and renamed the bowery boys the last entry in the series was in the money, which was released by allied artists in 1958. Henry richard huntz hall august 15, 1920 january 30, 1999 was an american radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular dead end kids movies. With leo gorcey, huntz hall, bobby jordan, william billy benedict. Meeting up with pal gabe and his new french bride, the boys are tormented by mad scientists who try to convince.
She has to give up her aspiring singing career in order to stay home and take care of her mom. In 1946, the series became strictly comedy and called the bowery boys, starring leo gorcey who was responsible for the changes as slip and huntz hall as his buddy sach. The boys are involved in an altercation with a vegetable vendor and are saved by father donovan who convinces the policeman to let them go. While attempting to save their malt shop hangout, the bowery boys get involved in a bank robbery. Bowery bombshell is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of the bowery boys. The warner archive unleashes the last 12 outings of. With leo gorcey, huntz hall, jane randolph, judy clark. The last hurrah of the bowery boys leo gorcey and huntz. One franchise that has been woefully neglected until recently is the bowery boys, a series of films that lasted, in one form or another, for over 20 years. In 1945, when east side kids producer sam katzman refused to grant leo gorceys request to. Preceded by here come the marines 1952 the bowery boys movies 19461958 succeeded by no holds barred 1952 this film article about a 1950s comedy is a stub. The first scene with leo gorcey reincarnated as slip mahoney, in the first official bowery boys movie, who gets into trouble then joins his angered sister pamela blake and old dead end and east side kids mates huntz hall, bobby jordan, billy benedict, in live wires, 1946. When, they hear about a monster killer roaming the countryside.
In contrast with the irish immigrant tenement of the five points, one of the worst city slums in america, the bowery was a more prosperous workingclass community. With the change the boys films would now become almost completely, threestooges inspired, slapstick romps with little of the gritty drama of their east sidedead end kids days. Live wires is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of the bowery boys. Douglas fowley in in fast company 1946 leo gorcey and mary gordon in in. With leo gorcey, huntz hall, bobby jordan, gabriel dell. But this was 1946 and the golden age of movie comedy was over. Released 1946, bowery bombshell stars leogorcey, huntzhall, bobbyjordan, william billybenedict the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 5 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Led by slip mahoney leo gorcey and sach jones huntz hall, the new york city natives solve mysteries, go on globetrotting adventures, and scheme to get rich. Leo gorcey as terrance slip mahoney, huntz hall as sach sullivan,bobby jordan as bobby, william benedict as whitey and. The boys are trying to raise money for their friend gloria.
Despite its reputation as one of the most notorious street gangs. Forty years before the bill murraydan aykroyd blockbuster, there was another ghostbusters. Meeting up with pal gabe and his new french bride, the boys are tormented by mad scientists who try to convince them. Leo gorcey, huntz hall, lloyd corrigan comedy ghost film haunted house film. With leo gorcey, huntz hall, douglass dumbrille, bobby jordan. On a danish program book for this film, the translation of the bowery boys is. Ably anchored by the central pair of huntz hall and leo gorcey, the kids moved from preachment and crime pictures to straight up comedy as. Good allout comedy in the bowery boys series has the gang in trouble when gullible sach huntz hall gets his photo taken outside a bank thats in the process of being robbed.
The crooked manager of a taxicab company is out to drive the independent ownersdrivers out of business through various tactics such as sabotage, beatings and intimidation. Warner archives released the film on madetoorder dvd in the united states as part of the bowery boys, volume three on october 1, 20. Part of the group worked at univeral as the little tough guys. The bowery boys are fictional new york city characters, portrayed by a company of new york actors, who were the subject of feature films released by monogram pictures from 1946 through 1958 the bowery boys were successors of the east side kids, who had been the subject of films since 1940. In 1946 the east side kids would change their name, for the final time, to the bowery boys as leo gorcey would now become muggs mahoney as the leader of the gang. When i mentioned the title of this movie to my wife, she. With leo gorcey, huntz hall, mike mazurki, bobby jordan. In live wires, the first of 48 bowery boys films, slip leo gorcey loses several jobs because of his temper, as his supportive sister grows increasingly.
Hex is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of the. The series continued through the late 50s, and though by that time the bowery boys had. Spook busters 1946 upon graduating from extermination school, slip mahoney leo gorcey, his friend sach huntz hall and their buddies are sent to wipe out the bugs in an isolated mansion. Polishing a birthday present, the bowery boys are surprised when a genie appears. Billed in this film as leo gorcey and the bowery boys, gorcey slip, huntz hall sach, bobby jordan bobby, william benedict whitey, and gabriel dell gabie had been known as the dead. All of the boys have just graduated from school where they learned exterminating, except for sach who flunked out. The bowery boys films were very popular with audiences, usually young kids, and the series ran from 1946 until 1958. Bowery boys documentary interview clips joe mantegna scott baio peter marshall larry king gorcey jr duration. The bowery boys are fictional new york city characters, portrayed by a company of new york actors, who were the subject of feature films released by monogram pictures from 1946 through. Leo bernard gorcey june 3, 1917 june 2, 1969 was an american stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying the leader of a group of young hooligans known variously as the dead end kids, the east side kids and, as adults, the bowery boys. Hex is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of the bowery boys. Satisfaction guaranteed the warner archive brings us 24 more classic comedies in two fourdisc sets. Always the most pugnacious gang member, leo was a prototype of the young punk. Willie davis, leo gorcey, huntz hall, and sheldon leonard in bowery bombshell 1946.
The boys are sent to a mountain camp in a small rural town. Warner archives has been doing an outstanding job of making lower profile films from hollywood s golden age available to fans. Slip, sach and the rest of the bowery boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with the gravesend family which has one creepy butler, 2 mad scientists a crazy old woman with a man eating plant a savage gorilla, an 8 foot tall robot and a vampiress. I was running out there in a real hurry to catch a sea bass. Boys of the city full movie, classic comedy starring the. Many of them were originally part of the dead end kids and the little tough guys, and several of them later became members of the bowery boys.
Slip, who has difficulties in keeping a job for too long, is hired by the district attorneys office to serve summons and warrants to problematic citizens. See more ideas about the bowery boys, leo gorcey and boys. Slip leo gorcey, sach huntz hall, bobby bobby jordan, whitey william benedict and chuck david gorcey unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save louies bernard gorcey malt shop. We have 1 answer for the clue 1946 bowery boys movie. From 1946 to 1958, the comedy ensemble known as the bowery boys starred in more than 40 films. The bowery boys were a nativist, anticatholic, and antiirish criminal gang based in the bowery neighborhood of manhattan, new york city in the earlymid19th century. He was also the shortest member of the original gang. Finally in 1946 came the first of the bowery boys series, in which gorcey played slip mahoney, the ring leader, and mr. We used to fish together and we used to go surf fishing, and one day i stubbed my toe on a rock. The bowery boys were fictional new york city characters who were the subject of feature films released by monogram pictures from 1946 through 1958 the bowery boys were successors of the the east side kids, who were the subject of films since 1940.