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The Bowery Boys (vernacular Bowery B ' hoys) were a nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Irish criminal gang based in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City in the early-mid-19th century. In contrast with the Irish immigrant tenement of the Five Points , the Bowery was a more prosperous working-class community.
Theaters continued to play Bowery Boys features well into the 1960s. The Bowery Boys (48 titles) was third-longest feature-film series of American origin in motion-picture history (behind the Charles Starrett westerns at 131 titles, and Hopalong Cassidy at 66). The final Bowery Boys film, In the Money, was released in 1958. Only Huntz Hall and ...
William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement in mid-19th-century New York City .
Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917 [1] – June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and as adults, The Bowery Boys.
The Nativist New York City criminal gang the Bowery Boys, the archenemies of the Irish Dead Rabbits gang, wore firemen uniforms (being volunteer firefighters) and black stovepipe top hats to show their gang colors and pro-American affiliation. Police Officer Shangles, an 1857 New York City Policeman during the Dead Rabbits Riot.
Bowery Boys may refer to: Bowery Boys (gang), a 19th-century New York gang; The Bowery Boys, a comedy team headlined by Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey; See also.
Hold That Line is a 1952 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the Bowery Boys, Veda Ann Borg and Gloria Winters. The film was released on March 23, 1952 by Monogram Pictures and is the 25th film in the series.
Here Come the Marines is a 1952 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring The Bowery Boys. [1] The film was released on June 29, 1952, by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-sixth film in the series.