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Boy of the Streets

  • 19371937
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
183
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Jackie Cooper in Boy of the Streets (1937)
CrimeDrama
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
183
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    • William Nigh
    • Gilson Brown(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Scott Darling(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Rowland Brown(original story)
  • Stars
    • Jackie Cooper
    • Maureen O'Connor
    • Kathleen Burke
    • William Nigh
    • Gilson Brown(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Scott Darling(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Rowland Brown(original story)
  • Stars
    • Jackie Cooper
    • Maureen O'Connor
    • Kathleen Burke
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Jackie Cooper, Robert Emmett O'Connor, and Paul White in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Jackie Cooper and Maureen O'Connor in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Jackie Cooper and Maureen O'Connor in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Jackie Cooper and Robert Emmett O'Connor in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Jackie Cooper and Matty Fain in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Jackie Cooper and Marjorie Main in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Kathleen Burke and Bill Elliott in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    George Cleveland, Jackie Cooper, Marjorie Main, Guy Usher, and Maureen O'Connor in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Marjorie Main and Guy Usher in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Kathleen Burke, Bill Elliott, and I. Stanford Jolley in Boy of the Streets (1937)
    Maureen O'Connor in Boy of the Streets (1937)
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    Jackie Cooper
    Jackie Cooper
    • Chuck Brennan
    Maureen O'Connor
    Maureen O'Connor
    • Nora
    Kathleen Burke
    Kathleen Burke
    • Julie Stone
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    • Police Officer Rourke
    Marjorie Main
    Marjorie Main
    • Mrs. Mary Brennan
    Matty Fain
    Matty Fain
    • Blackie Davis
    George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    • Tim 'Flannel-Mouth' Farley
    Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott
    • Dr. Allan
    • (as Gordon Elliott)
    Guy Usher
    • Fog Horn Brennan aka Foggy
    Paul White
    • Spike - Gang Member
    Byron Armstrong
    • Gang Member
    • (uncredited)
    Ted Billings
    • Albert Murder aka Old Man Murder
    • (uncredited)
    Conrad Binyon
    • Gang Member
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Bischell
    • Gang Member
    • (uncredited)
    Edwin Brian
    • Chuck's Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    Horace B. Carpenter
    Horace B. Carpenter
    • Pop McCarthy
    • (uncredited)
    Eugene Cavecche
    • Gang Member
    • (uncredited)
    Jiulio Cavecche
    • Gang Member
    • (uncredited)
      • William Nigh
      • Gilson Brown(adaptation and dialogue)
      • Scott Darling(adaptation and dialogue)
      • Rowland Brown(original story)
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    • Trivia
      Only film for second-billed Maureen O'Connor.
    • Soundtracks
      The Sidewalks of New York
      (uncredited)

      Music by Charles Lawlor

      Played during the opening credits

    User reviews10

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    7/10
    Jackie Cooper Leaves a Dead End Job
    It's Halloween in an Irish New York City slum. Sixteen-year-old hoodlum Jackie Cooper (as Chuck Brennan) and his gang get in trouble for making some prank telephone calls. Home from the police station, Mr. Cooper worries mother Marjorie Main (as Mary), who feels her son will grow up like boozy good-for-nothing father Guy Usher. The family's poor tenement is enchanted by young Maureen O'Connor (as Nora) singing "Did Your Mother Come from Ireland?"

    Sadly, Ms. O'Connor's tubercular mother is taken to a sanitarium. When not scuffling with rival gang members, Cooper and his pals help O'Connor get a singing gig, but the moralistic "Children's Aid Society" interferes...

    Cooper left MGM and the peroxide to continue his teenage career elsewhere. Monogram Pictures was a poorer studio, but Cooper gives this social consciousness drama a richer performance than anyone expected; he received good notices and won a "National Board of Review" award. "Boy of the Streets" obviously rides on the coattails of the recently released "Dead End" (with Ms. Main) but plays ahead of its curve by including Paul White (as Spike), a relatively admirable ethnic gang member.

    ******* Boy of the Streets (12/8/37) William Nigh ~ Jackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor, Marjorie Main, Paul White
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    • Release date
      • December 8, 1937 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Monogram Studios - 1725 Fleming Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Monogram Pictures
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    • 1 hour 16 minutes
      • Black and White

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