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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089218622594
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Subtitled
Label: Alpha Video
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Sales Rank: 84796
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1940
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The East Side Kids meet an older man (Clarence Muse) who is squatting with his thoroughbred racehorse on some property in hopes of entering the horse in a race. The boys discover him and promise to keep his being there a secret, but only if Muggs (Leo Gorcey) can be the jockey that races the horse. It is agreed upon, and Muggs enters the race. The horse is excellent, but Muggs is too inexperienced to ride him, so they lose the race. However, some wealthy men in the crowd recognize the horse's potential ... Read More
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This is a passable-for-the-price DVD, but looks like a good VHS picture. Obviously a WORN OUT video tape was used as the mastering source for this DVD, there are some glitches & mis-tracking lines that come & go.
THE PICTURE IS SOFT!
There is also a portion of the opening scene MISSING! On the Platinum Disc "EAST SIDE KIDS: 8 MOVIES" box set, this movie starts with the boys trying to paint a wall. THEN Muggs enters asking about the mailman (this is where the Alpha/Gotham DVD ... Read More
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Well, the East Side Boys finally made it out of the haunted mansion in BOYS OF THE CITY (1940). They are suppose to be painting a wall in town, but Leo Gorcey has decided he wants to be a jockey. Knuckles (Dave O'Brien) and Algy (Eugene Francis) must keep an eye on this gang to make sure they finish the job. They made a mess of it, so Knuckles told them to go hide at there old stable hang-out. The boys decide to race a throughbred they own called, Blue Knight. If Seabiscuit could win and make money ... Read More
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This 1940 East Side Kids movie is one of the very first in Monogram Pictures' long-running series (which eventually became The Bowery Boys). These early entries stress rowdyism over comedy routines, so there's more drama than comedy, but Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison is very enjoyable as the black kid, and Bobby Jordan is enthusiastic as Leo Gorcey's confidant. In this story, Gorcey wants to be a jockey but he's secretly afraid of speed, and his stubbornness almost ruins the hopes of his friends. Clarence ... Read More
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