Clancy Street Boys (1943)

Director:

William Beaudine

Writer:

Harvey Gates (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 April 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Anything goes, everything happens in the funniest hit the tenement terrors have ever made!

Plot:

Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he had seven kids...

Plot Keywords:

Deception | Gang | Uncle | Mother Son Relationship | New York City

Cast

Leo Gorcey	...	Ethelbert 'Mugs' McGinnis
Huntz Hall	...	Glimpy Freedhoff
Bobby Jordan	...	Danny
Noah Beery	...	Pete Monahan (as Noah Beery Sr.)
Amelita Ward	...	Judy Monahan (as Lita Ward)
Benny Bartlett	...	Benny
Rick Vallin	...	George Mooney
William 'Billy' Benedict	...	Butch - Cherry Street Leader (as Billy Benedict)
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Police Sergeant Flanagan (as J. Farrell McDonald)
Jan Rubini	...	Violinist - Nightclub Entertainer
Martha Wentworth	...	Mrs. Molly McGinnis
Ernest Morrison	...	Scruno (as Sammy Morrison)
Dick Chandlee	...	Stash
Eddie Mills	...	Dave
George DeNormand	...	Williams

Also Known As:

Grand Street Boys (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

66 min | USA:89 min (2005 DVD release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #9138)

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Banner Productions

Trivia:

A modern source lists Jack Normand as "Goon," interpreted as a typo by a submitter, who listed Norman Willis instead (Willis' aka is Jack Norman). However, Willis was not seen in the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Eddie Mills's character name is "Dave" in the credits, but he's called by his actual name, "Eddie," in the heat of a fight.

Movie Connections:

References Charley's Aunt (1941)

Soundtrack:

Happy Birthday to You

Two Bowery

Clancy Street Boys (1943)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Muggs' rich cowboy uncle is coming to town for the first time ever and he thinks Muggs' parents had seven kids instead of one. In order to full them Muggs has to get the gang to play his brothers and Hall to be his sister. Decent entry from The East Side Kids has the usual cheap story but we do gets some good laughs with the highlight being Hall in drag.

Smart Alecks (1942)

*** (out of 4)

One of the better East Side Kids films has Danny knocking over a racket and getting a $200 reward. The rest of the gang turn their backs on him thinking he's sold them out. Like most of the others, this film suffers from a somewhat stale story but there are plenty of laughs with the best being the one where the gang poison's one of the crooks. The last fifteen minutes turn to drama and the actors handle this very well.