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Bowery Bombshell
''Bowery Bombshell'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Phil Karlson and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the third film in the series and was distributed by Monogram Pictures. Plot Sweet Shop owner Louie needs to raise $300. The Boys try to sell their jalopy to raise the money, but are unable to because the car falls apart when they try to show it to a prospective buyer. They decide to go to the bank and take a loan out on it, but just as they arrive the bank is robbed. The robbers bump into them and drop the bag full of the stolen money. As Sach picks up the bag to return it to the robber, Cathy, a photographer, takes his photo. After trying unsuccessfully to get the photo back, it winds up on the front page of the newspaper and Sach becomes a wanted criminal. Slip pretends to be a notorious gangster, Midge Casalotti, in order to get the stolen money back and to clear Sach's name. In the end, Sach is cleared and the gangsters, led by Ace Deuce, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Karlson
Phil Karlson (born Philip N. Karlstein; July 2, 1908 – December 12, 1982) was an American film director. Later noted as a ''film noir'' specialist, Karlson directed ''99 River Street'', ''Kansas City Confidential'' and ''Hell's Island'', all with actor John Payne (actor), John Payne, in the early 1950s. Other films include ''The Texas Rangers (1951 film), The Texas Rangers'' (1951), ''The Phenix City Story'' (1955), ''5 Against the House'' (1955), ''Gunman's Walk'' (1958), ''The Young Doctors (film), The Young Doctors'' (1961) and ''Walking Tall (1973 film), Walking Tall'' (1973). Biography Early life Karlson was the son of Irish actress Lillian O'Brien. His father was American Jews, Jewish. He attended Marshall High School and studied painting at Chicago's School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute. He tried to make a living as a song and dance man but was unsuccessful. Then he studied law, at his father's request, at Loyola Marymount University in California. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies, which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spook Busters
''Spook Busters'' is a 1946 American comedy horror film, directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the fourth film in the series of forty eight. In the film, the Boys are working as pest control agents. They are tasked with removing ghosts from a seemingly abandoned mansion. It is actually inhabited by a mad scientist, who wants to use of the Boys in a brain transplant operation. Plot All of the boys have just graduated from school where they learned exterminating, except for Sach who flunked out. They set up their new business in a corner of Louie's Sweet Shop and quickly get a job to remove ghosts from an old abandoned mansion. Upon arrival they discover weird events taking place, such as lights turning on when a match is lit, and a disappearing organ. Soon they discover that these events are not the actions of ghosts, but of a mad scientist who is conducting illegal experiments in the basement. Upon encountering the scientist, Sac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Fast Company (1946 Film)
''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. Plot 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. He uses that to guilt Slip into becoming a driver at Cassidy's Cab Company after the owner is knocked out of commission by a rival cab company, Red Circle Cab. Slip clashes with drivers of the rival company and enlists the aid of the rest of the gang to expose the company to the owner, Mr. McCormick. Cast The Bowery Boys * Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney * Huntz Hall as Sach * Bobby Jordan as Bobby * William Benedict as Whitey * David Gorcey as Chuck Remaining cast * Bernard Gorcey as Louie * Judy Clark as Mabel Dumbrowski * Jane Randolph as Marian McCormick * Douglas Fowley as Steve Trent * Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American film studio, filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on April 4, 1923, by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games. It is one of the "Major film studios, Big Five" major American film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television Group. Bugs Bunny, a character created for the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blonde Dynamite
''Blonde Dynamite'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on February 12, 1950 by Monogram Pictures and is the seventeenth film in the series. Plot After Slip and Sach are thrown out on the street after unsuccessfully trying to get jobs as urbane male escorts, the enraged Slip vows to start his own escort agency. Slip suggests that the hard working Louie take a vacation and hand over the responsibilities of the sweet shop to the boys. Louie reluctantly agrees and takes his wife to Coney Island. The boys turn his sweet shop into their escort service and give the place a makeover. Meanwhile, Gabe, who works as a messenger for a bank, has gotten himself into trouble. He had $5,000 of the bank's money stolen from him by a scheming woman working with local gangsters who threaten to frame him for the theft unless he agrees to get the bank vault combination for them. He gives them the combination and the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Gorman
Charles J. "Buddy" Gorman''Hollywood's Made-To-Order-Punks: The Complete Film History of the Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids, and Bowery Boys,'' Richard Roat, BearManor Media, 2010. (September 2, 1921 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying a member of the comedy teams The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. Career Buddy was born and raised in the "Hell's Kitchen" area of New York. He left home after high school and hitchhiked to California in hopes of becoming an actor. He got a job in a studio mailroom and slept in a nearby used car lot until he was noticed and given small parts in movies. Although Gorman was then in his mid-twenties, his youthful appearance got him cast as streetwise teenagers. Producer Sam Katzman hired Gorman for Monogram's East Side Kids comedies with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall, where he was billed as Bud Gorman. Away from the Gorcey-Hall gang, Gorman played bits in major feature films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Parsons
Ernest Milton Parsons (May 19, 1904 – May 15, 1980) was an American character actor. Career In 1927, Parsons performed with The Strolling Players of Boston acting company. On Broadway, he portrayed James Case in ''Unto the Third'' (1933), Saul of Tarsus in ''The Vigil'' (1948), and Albert Plaschke in ''Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep'' (1950). Milton Parsons signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1939 as a character actor. Bald-headed and wide-eyed, with a soft-spoken, British-accented voice (he actually hailed from Massachusetts), Parsons became typecast as morticians, coroners, mad doctors, and dangerous eccentrics, although he often played for comedy with a broad smile and bulging eyes. After one year with M-G-M, he began freelancing and worked steadily for various studios. He appeared in more than 160 films, television shows, and commercials between 1939 and 1978. Selected filmography * ''When Tomorrow Comes (film), When Tomorrow Comes'' (1939) - Mr. Henderson, the Organist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lester Dorr
Harry Lester Dorr (May 8, 1893 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. Even a sampling from his extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and his reliability as a bit player. His roles are at times credited, but more often they are uncredited, consisting of peripheral characters who have limited dialogue or appear briefly in a wide range of occupations such as newspaper reporters, hotel clerks and bellhops, taxi drivers, salesmen, police officers, military personnel, waiters, and bartenders. Early life and stage work Harry Lester Dorr was born in Massachusetts in 1893, the oldest of 11 children of Mary E. (née McGinnis) and Edward Peter Dorr."Twelfth Census of the United States: 1900", Boston, Ward 22, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, June 2, 1900; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ruhl
William Harris Ruhl (October 25, 1901 – March 12, 1956) was an American character actor of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s. Early life Born on October 25, 1901, in Colfax, Washington, Ruhl entered films in the small role of a shopper in 1934's ''The Man Who Reclaimed His Head'', starring Claude Rains and Joan Bennett. During his career, he appeared in over 150 films and television shows, including over 125 feature films. During the 1940s, he was used frequently by Monogram Studios, appearing in several of their series, including Charlie Chan, The Bowery Boys, and Joe Palooka. Career Notable films in which he appeared include: ''Pittsburgh'' (1942), starring John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, and Randolph Scott; Alfred Hitchcock's '' Saboteur'', also in 1942; '' Hit the Ice'' (1943), starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello; Michael Curtiz's 1945 drama, ''Mildred Pierce'', for which Joan Crawford won the Academy Award for Best Actress; '' Life With Father'' (1947), starring Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Burke (actor)
James Michael Burke (September 24, 1886 – May 23, 1968) was an Irish-American film and television character actor born in New York City."New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FHL microfilm 1,322,214; New York Municipal Archives, Manhattan, New York, N.Y. FamilySearch. Retrieved February 20, 2019. Career Burke made his stage debut in New York around 1912 and went to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in 1933. He made over 200 film appearances during his career between 1932 and 1964, some of them uncredited. He was often cast as a police officer, usually a none-too-bright one, such as his role as Sergeant Velie in Columbia Pictures' Ellery Queen crime dramas in the early 1940s. Burke can also be seen in ''At The Circus'', ''The Maltese Falcon (1941 film), The Maltese Falcon'', ''Lone Star (1952 film), Lone Star'', and many other films. One of his memorable roles is his portrayal of a rowdy rancher in the 1935 comedy ''Ruggles of Red Gap''. In the early 1950s, Burke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Gorcey
Bernard Gorcey (born Baruch Ugorsky; 9 January 1886 – 11 September 1955) was an American actor. He began in Vaudeville, performed on Broadway, and appeared in multiple shorts and films. He portrayed ice cream shop proprietor Louie Dumbrowski in Monogram Pictures' The Bowery Boys series of B movies. He also appeared in Charlie Chaplin's 1940 classic '' The Great Dictator''. Early life Gorcey was born Baruch Ugorsky in Kovno, Russian Empire (now Kaunas, Lithuania), the son of Abraham and Leah Ugorsky. His father, a tailor, immigrated to New York in March 1888; three years later, the rest of the family followed when Bernard was 5. The family moved to Long Branch, New Jersey in the 1900s and changed the surname to Gorcey. His mother died in 1915. Career Stage Early in his career, Gorcey found success in comedy roles. Between 1907 and 1937 he played in several stage productions, including ''Tom Jones'' (1912), ''What Ails You?'' (1918), ''Somebody's Sweetheart'' (1920) (as "A My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
