Pride of the Bowery (1940)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Joseph H. Lewis

Writers:

Steven Clensos (story)
William Lively (adaptation)

Release Date:

15 December 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Danny, managing boxer Mugs, books him into a Civilian Conservation Corps camp for training. Mugs' arrogant...

Plot Keywords:

Camp | Civilian Conservation Corp | Boxing | Training | Knockout

Cast

Leo Gorcey	...	Muggs Maloney
Bobby Jordan	...	Danny
Kenneth Howell	...	Allen
Mary Ainslee	...	Elaine White
Bobby Stone	...	Willie
Donald Haines	...	Skinny
David Gorcey	...	Peewee
Ernest Morrison	...	Scruno (as Sunshine Sammy Morrison)
Kenneth Harlan	...	Captain Jim White
Nick Stuart	...	Thumb Butte Ranger
Lloyd Ingraham	...	Camp Doctor

Also Known As:

Here We Go Again

Runtime:

61 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #6845) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

Banner Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by Let's Get Tough! (1942)

Deep in the Bowery...

It seems that as of late, I've gotten a sick addiction to the Bowery Boys. I'm actually starting to look FORWARD to seeing their movies. Although the movies don't really change from movie to movie (Leo Gorcy always begins tough but softens by the end, Huntz Hall is there to screech at Gorcy, and Bobby Jordan, the best looking one (he's a real hottie actually) is always there to neutralize everything. For some dumbass reason, and maybe I'm not the only one thinking this, I'm starting to detect a rather subtle homoerotic undertone to their movies too. That would be a real cool subject to study.

Anyways, on to the movie! In Pride Of The Bowery, for some odd reason, Huntz Hall is missing, not for the plot of the movie, just nada, he's not in the movie at all. It's just Gorcy and Jordan, plus a bunch of kids I didn't recognize. Anyways, Gorcy is training to be a boxer. And the gang decide the way to make some money is to go to a work camp. (smart move). Of course Gorcy is butting heads almost immediately with authority figures in the camp, and of course the obligatory boxing match between Gorcy and one of the authority figures there (who, coincidentally, is quite good looking) doesn't solve anything. But soon, yes, Gorcy's heart melts for a down-in-his-luck bunkmate's tale of woe about his Mom and how she needs money for something. So Gorcy agrees to fight for cash down at the stadium, and soon there's a goyle that wanders into the picture too.

So once again, hyper male-dominated situations, curious shirtless scenes (nearly all the Bowery Boys films has them) and suggestive dialogue.

Yeah, something is not quite right in Bowreyville…