East Side Kids
Clancy Street Boys (1943)
Clancy Street Boys is a 1943 comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the East Side Kids. It is Beaudine's first film with the team; he would direct several more in the series and many in the Bowery Boys canon. Leo Gorcey married the female lead Amelita Ward. There is no mention of "Clancy Street" in the film, but a rival gang at Cherr...
Starring: Kenneth Harlan•Amelita Ward•Bela Lugosi
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Ghosts on the Loose is a 1943 American comedy horror film and the fourteenth film in the East Side Kids series, directed by William Beaudine. The picture co-stars horror film icon Bela Lugosi as well as Ava Gardner in one of her earliest roles.
Starring: Florence Rice•Amelita Ward•Keye Luke
Let's Get Tough! (1942)
Let's Get Tough! is a 1942 film and the ninth film in the East Side Kids series, starring Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, and Robert Armstrong. Released in early 1942, it was directed by Wallace Fox, and features the gang caught up in World War II and fighting the Black Dragon Society, an enemy sabotage ring.
Starring: Joan Barclay•Amelita Ward
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Mr. Wise Guy is a 1942 American film starring The East Side Kids and directed by William Nigh.
Starring: The•Ann Gillis•Amelita Ward
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge is a 1942 film released by Monogram Pictures. It is the eleventh installment in the East Side Kids series and one of the more dramatic films of the series, released at a time when they were making lighter, more humorous fare. The film is now in public domain and can be downloaded legally from numerous web sites.
Starring: Mary Ainslee•Amelita Ward
Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
Bowery Blitzkrieg is a 1941 film and the sixth installment of the East Side Kids series. The film "introduced" Huntz Hall in his first of the East Side Kids film series.
Starring: Ava Gardner•Kenneth Harlan•Keye Luke•Amelita Ward
Pride of the Bowery (1940)
Pride of the Bowery is a black-and-white 1940 film and the fourth installment in the East Side Kids series. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis and produced by Sam Katzman. It was released by Monogram Pictures on December 15, 1940.
Starring: The•Amelita Ward•Mary Ainslee