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Million Dollar Kid

  • 1944
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  • 1h 5min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,0/10
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Iris Adrian, William 'Billy' Benedict, Louise Currie, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, and Huntz Hall in Million Dollar Kid (1944)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaIn ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.

  • Regia
    • Wallace Fox
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Frank H. Young
  • Star
    • Leo Gorcey
    • Huntz Hall
    • Gabriel Dell
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
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    • Regia
      • Wallace Fox
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Frank H. Young
    • Star
      • Leo Gorcey
      • Huntz Hall
      • Gabriel Dell
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    Leo Gorcey
    Leo Gorcey
    • Muggs McGinnis
    Huntz Hall
    Huntz Hall
    • Glimpy McClosky
    Gabriel Dell
    Gabriel Dell
    • Lefty
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    William 'Billy' Benedict
    • Skinny
    • (as Billy Benedict)
    Louise Currie
    Louise Currie
    • Louise Cortland
    Noah Beery
    Noah Beery
    • Captain Mathews
    • (as Noah Beery Sr.)
    Iris Adrian
    Iris Adrian
    • Maisie Dunbar
    Herbert Heyes
    Herbert Heyes
    • John H. Cortland
    • (as Herbert Hayes)
    Robert Greig
    Robert Greig
    • Spevin - Cortland's Butler
    • (as Robert Grieg)
    Johnny Duncan
    Johnny Duncan
    • Roy Cortland
    • (as Johnnie Duncan)
    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Lt. Andre Dupree
    Patsy Moran
    Patsy Moran
    • Mrs. McClosky
    Mary Gordon
    Mary Gordon
    • Mrs. McGinnis
    Al Stone
    • Herbie
    David Durand
    David Durand
    • Danny
    • (as Dave Durand)
    Jimmy Strand
    • Pinkie
    Buddy Gorman
    • Stinkie
    • (as Bud Gorman)
    Pat Costello
    • Spike
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      • Wallace Fox
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Frank H. Young
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    8tavm

    Million Dollar Kid was another enjoyable East Side Kids feature

    In this East Side Kids entry, the gang help keep a wealthy man from being mugged and get use of his gym as the reward. They find out he has two sons and a daughter, all grown. One of those sons is in service, the daughter is supposedly engaged to someone also like that, and another of the sons is...Don't want to reveal too much here. Let's just say some reforming is warranted. Among returning players are Noah Beery Sr.-previously in Clancy Street Boys-playing a police captain and Pat Costello-Lou's brother, previously in Bowery Blitzkrieg-as one of the lowlifes. I liked this one very much especially when someone like Iris Adrian is featured. So on that note, Million Dollar Kid is well worth seeing. P.S. This was the first of the series not to feature Bobby Jordan, who was drafted, or Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, who eventually left show business after one more film appearance. I'll mention what happened to him after I review that movie-Greenwich Village-in a few days...
    dougdoepke

    Laughs With A Serious Side

    One of the milder Kids cut-ups from that generally hilarious series. There're still chuckles aplenty from the trademark fractured grammar to the slappy roughhousing. As usual, Gorcey and Hall shine in their comical roles, though Hall trades more slams with Herbie (Stone) than with Gorcey-- Stone acting and looking like goofus Curley from The Three Stooges. My favorite part is with the brassy, blonde Iris Adrian as cheap floozie Mazie. She's a perfect female counterpart to the crack-up boys. I wish they had more scenes together, the comedic potential is certainly there.

    Still, there's more serious plotting to the story than the usual comedic throw-aways. Unfortunately, however, the serious side doesn't always blend well with the usual nonsense humor. Still, the non-comedic side is understandable since 1943 was war time, so things had to serious up a bit. Note the close relationship between the wealthy, non-comical Cortland family and the comical poor-boy East-siders. That's likely a touch of needed class solidarity during those trying times when such was needed. At the same time, I expect that also accounts for the Kids becoming self-proclaimed 'do-gooders', a departure from their usual 'just a bunch of tough guys' behavior. That too's understandable given the overall need for not only class solidarity but national solidarity, as well. However, these serious sides don't always complement the kind of throw-away humor that elevated the series to sheer escapist entertainment.

    Despite this sober side, fans can't help but be amused by the priceless lunacy of stars Hall and Gorcey-- always a sure bet. So, catch it up anyway. (In passing-- I couldn't help noticing a surprising resemblance between actor Durand (Dave), a striped sweater gang member, and a young Marlon Brando. See what you think.)
    7lugonian

    The East Side Kids: Pride of the Bowery

    MILLION DOLLAR KID (Monogram, 1944), a Banner Production under direction by Wallace Fox, marks the 16th installment of the "East Side Kids" franchise. After a couple of previous solid comedies, namely CLANCY STREET BOYS (1943), MILLION DOLLAR KID reverts back to a mix dose of comedy/melodrama, with some improvement to hold interest through much of its 65 minutes.

    The story opens with Muggs Maginnis (Leo Gorcey), president of the East Side Kids club, including Glimpy McGlosky (Huntz Hall), David Durand (Danny in credits, called Dave in story), Jimmy Strand (Pinky), Bobby Stone (Rocky), Buddy Gorman (Stinky), and Billy Benedict (Skinny), reading a newspaper article involving a series of muggings taking place in their neighborhood. Before deputizing the gang to hold watch on the street corners, Muggs makes the acquaintance of Herbie (Al Stone), Glimpy's cousin, who happens to be just as goofy as Glimpy. Later that evening, a mugging is taking place. Witnessed by East Side Kids, they run to the alley to assist John H. Cortland (Herbert Heyes), a millionaire on his way to the drugstore while his limousine is being serviced by his chauffeur. After Courtland departs, his pocketbook is found, having the boys accused of the muggings by a policeman and escorted to the station. After Captain Mathews (Noah Berry) notifies the owner of the pocketbook, Cortland arrives where he speaks on behalf of the boys, insisting they are not the ones who held him up. Grateful for their help, Cortland shows his appreciation by having Muggs and his boys come to his mansion on Sutton Place where he rewards them access to his indoor gymnasium belonging to his elder son, John Jr., now a flier in the service. During the course of the story, Cortland, very fond of the boys, introduces them to his charming daughter, Louise (Louise Currie), engaged to a Frenchman, Lieutenant Andre DuPrey (Stanley Brown), and his younger son, Roy (Johnny Duncan). Muggs, however, not only suspects Roy might be connected with the muggers giving his neighborhood a bad name, but DuPrey not the man he pretends to be. Supporting players include Mary Gordon and Patsy Moran playing the mothers of Muggs and Glimpy who help out as cook and maid at Louise's engagement party after their servant, Spevin (Robert Greig) is dismissed; with Iris Adrian (Mazie Dunbar, performer at the Zig Zag Club); Pat Costello (Spike) and Gabriel Dell (Lefty). Look quickly for Leo's father, Bernard Gorcey in cameo playing a Western Union Man doing a comedy gig with Muggs reminiscent to the comedy routine famously performed by the team of Abbott and Costello.

    What makes MILLION DOLLAR KID enjoyable is showing the East Side Kids as concerned city boys acting as guardian angels to victims of crime, and the natural bonding between opposites as the East Side Kids and the rich man and how they become involved in each other's personal lives. This is another installment where Gabriel Dell can play an East Side Kid member in one film, a rival in another. This time he plays a gang leader spending time observing the streets with his partner (Pat Costello) from the poolhall. Though the story of straightening out a wayward rich boy gone wrong may seem overly familiar, the writers of the story give this a feel of originality. With some few laughs inserted into the dramatic elements, be sure not to miss out on the climatic finish.

    Available on DVD, MILLION DOLLAR KID, which has had some cable television broadcasts, namely Turner Classic Movies (TCM premiere: September 14, 2004) and MGM Plus, are often shown in shorter prints missing the opening few minutes of the story. Next installment: FOLLOW THE LEADER (1944). (**1/2)
    6ksf-2

    east side kids help a family out during the war

    An east side kids story, as they were known before they were the bowery boys. The sound quality is pretty terrible, but the story is solid, if you stay with it. The version showing on tubi streaming is a copy of a copy, so hopefully you can find a better copy. The east side kids help a millionaire when he gets mugged. When his family experiences even more drama in the next couple days, the gang sticks around to help out. Co-stars noah beery, who died in 1946, just a couple years after this. Keep an eye out for the telegram messenger... that was bernard gorcey, leo's real pop, in one of his many, early, uncredited roles. Later in the bowery boys films, he would run the shop where they kids hung out. It's pretty good, if you can get past the ambient sound issues. Directed by wallace fox for monogram pictures, in a 65 minute shortie. Fox directed a bunch of the east side kid films in the 1940s. The war was still going, so that is part of the story too. Keep an eye out for john duncan (roy)... he was robin, in the 1949 version of batman and robin!
    Snow Leopard

    Good East Side Kids Feature

    This is easily among the better of the many features starring the East Side Kids. It has an interesting story that includes some thoughtful moments in addition to the broad humor. It also has plenty of the group's spontaneous horsing around, and it includes a funny (and all too brief) scene between Leo Gorcey as Muggs and his father Bernard as a messenger.

    The story has Muggs, Glimpy, and the rest of the crew saving a rich man from a mugging, befriending him, and then trying to protect him and his family from a variety of criminals and impostors. It works surprisingly well, even most of the more serious moments. Gorcey's style is effective in this kind of story, because he keeps his character's hardened edge even when he is doing something good, thereby usually making him more believable.

    The main emphasis is still, of course, the raucous comedy, and the gang gets some good moments at the expense of all of the other characters at one time or another. It's a good movie, and it's probably one of the entries in the series most worth seeing.

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      The Press and Pictorial Department of the Office of Censorship disapproved this picture for export because of its bad portrayal of America, citing the mugging scene, a rich boy participating in crime for excitement and poor police work.
    • Blooper
      David Durand, Jimmy Strand and Buddy Gorman are billed on-screen as Danny, Pinkie and Stinkie respectively, but when Muggs introduces them to Louise, they're called Dave, Lou and Slug. Durand is called "Dave" also in another scene.
    • Citazioni

      Glimpy McClosky: I'm not stupid!

      Muggs McGinnis: No, you're not stupid, you just suffer from a shortage of corrugations on the cerebellum.

      Glimpy McClosky: [oblivious] Oh, that's different.

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      Featured in Film Breaks: The Dead End Kids (1999)

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    • Data di uscita
      • 28 febbraio 1944 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingue
      • Inglese
      • Latino
      • Francese
      • Yiddish
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Sam Katzman Productions
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      • 1h 5min(65 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
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