East Side Kids - Pride of the Bowery

Customer Reviews:

Pride of the Bowery.......2005-10-07

What a treat to revisit the things I grew up with. This is timeless comedy that still brings a laugh. As everyone knows, laughter is the best medicine.

A Weak Entry In The Series.......2003-06-15

Pride Of The Bowery finds the Eastside Kids at a CCC camp with a bunch of other "kids".
Muggs (Leo Gorcey) can't seem to keep out of trouble in this film.
The plot is thin, the acting atrocious, the production values almost non-existant.
Best for fans of the Eastside Kids.

Too Bad!.......2002-11-20

I completely agree with the other reviewer's opinion this edition stinks! It's ashame the East Side Kids series doesn't get better treatment. I understand these films are pretty much considered bottom of the barrel poverty row entertainment whose appeal to modern day audiences is extremely limited at best, but c'mon if your gonna take the time to release the stuff at all at least make sure it's watchable. The antics of Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the boys have a certain charm that deserves to be remembered in a better form than this! If you've never checked out or even heard of the East Side Kids before do yourself a favor and look them up, trashy teen exploitation from a time long ago, corny yet hip (I guess for it's day?!), the 30's and 40's equivalent of today's Road trip and American Pie type teen flix (minus the sex of course!). Let's hope these pics get released in better form some day!

BEWARE of this Alpha Video DVD, it is BAD!.......2002-08-01

I can not tell you much about the movie, the Gotham Distributors/ Alpha Video DVD is so bad that I had to stop it 10 minutes in and force the store to accept the return of an open DVD.
The AUDIO is DISTORDED, making it very hard to understand Leo Gorcey's humorous banter.
The VIDEO is WASHED OUT so that you can not see their faces.
The film print they used was also splicy, but that would have been tolerable if you could see & hear the movie. Wait until someone like Platinum, Front Row, Brentwood, or Goodtimes releases this public domain title.

A joyless B movie.......2001-09-04

This undistinguished effort (which seems like a promotion for Franklin Roosevelt's CCC camps of that time) is very disliked by most of today's film historians and critics. Though not a total turkey, it's still very slow-paced and, like the majority of the Bowery Boys/East Side Kids films, is badly dated. If there is a message in this movie, it gets lost in uninspired, forced humor, uneven scripting, and generally unappealling performances.

{14 Movies / Over 16 Hours} It's a Joke, Son / the Groom Wore Spurs / St. Benny the Dip / That Uncertain Feeling / Letter of Introduction / Broadway Limited "THE EAST SIDE KIDS IN: Mr. Wise Guy / That Gang of Mine / Ghosts on the Loose / Bowery Blitzkrieg / Boys of the City / Pride of the Bowery / 'Neath the Brooklyn Bridge / Million Dollar Kid"

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{14 Movies / Over 16 Hours} It's a Joke, Son / the Groom Wore Spurs / St. Benny the Dip / That Uncertain Feeling / Letter of Introduction / Broadway Limited "THE EAST SIDE KIDS IN: Mr. Wise Guy / That Gang of Mine / Ghosts on the Loose / Bowery Blitzkrieg / Boys of the City / Pride of the Bowery / 'Neath the Brooklyn Bridge / Million Dollar Kid"

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video
ASIN: B000ERRSO0

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Pride of the Bowery
Starring: East Side Kids
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

( P ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B000A2VWM8
Release Date: 2004-03-23

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