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Gangster's Boy - Wikipedia

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Gangster's Boy

Directed by	William Nigh
Written by	Robert Hardy Andrews Karl Brown
Produced by	Scott R. Dunlap (executive producer) William T. Lackey (associate producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Release date	November 16, 1938 (1938-11-16)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Gangster's Boy is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Nigh. It stars Jackie Cooper in his second film for Monogram Pictures. The film was positively received, and has been released on DVD.

Plot

High school student Larry Kelly's father Tim used to be a gangster. Despite being treated badly by his friends, Kelly takes sides with his father when people try to force him to leave the town. Kelly's girlfriend and her brother Bill Davis continue to be around Kelly even though it makes their fathers unhappy. After a car accident in which Bill was the driver, Kelly takes the blame for the accident and is taken to jail for drunk driving. Judge Davis and Kelly's father are opponents on proving Larry Kelly as guilty or innocent.

Cast

Jackie Cooper as Larry Kelly
Robert Warwick as Tim 'Knuckles' Kelly
Lucy Gilman as Julie Davis
Louise Lorimer as Molly Kelly
Tommy Wonder as Bill Davis
Selmer Jackson as Judge Roger Davis
Betty Blythe as Mrs. Davis
Huntley Gordon as Principal Benson
Herbert Evans as Stevens (butler)
William Gould as Dist. Atty. Edward Jameson
Jack Kennedy as Sergeant
Bobby Stone as Salvatore^[1]

Production

Jackie Cooper was a child actor for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer until the company fired him when he was 13 years old, which was a tradition when child actors became teenagers. The smaller company Monogram Pictures hired Cooper after he turned 13 years old to star in the film Boy of the Streets. After a successful stint in films that were produced by other companies, Cooper starred in the Monogram Pictures film Gangster's Boy^[2] as part of his contract. The film was produced with a low budget.^[3] Betty Blythe, an actress in silent films, was considered to be "more or less retired" by the Harrisburg Telegraph when she took a role in the film despite taking roles that she liked.^[4] The Scrantonian Tribune wrote that Robert Warwick had "the finest opportunity of his entire career as Tim Kelly". The film featured music by Hal Le Roy in a revue.^[5] Lucy Gilman Scott, a teenage actress for the radio, had her film debut in the film as the girlfriend of Cooper's character.^[6]^[7] As it turned out, Blythe was not retired and her career continued until 1960.^[8]

Release

The film was released by Monogram Pictures on November 16, 1938. It was first released on DVD by Platinum Disc as part of three different 2005 Mobster Movies sets. Direct Source released the film in its 2007 Bootleggers, Delinquents & Gangsters DVD set.^[1] Alpha Video released the film on DVD by itself in 2011. It is also available on Amazon Prime Video.^[9]

Reception

Karl Krug of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph said, "Gangster's Boy is a neat and comfortable "homey" picture, despite its titles. And, its principal lesson, if any, is that the sins of gangster fathers, although they have reformed, shouldn't be visited upon by their children".^[10] The Daily Times-News said that "the dramatic situations in Gangster's Boy are tense and go to make a fine afternoon or evening's entertainment".^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Gangster's Boy (1938)". AllMovie. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ "Gangster's Boy (1938) - Poster US - 1270*1270px". MoviePosterDB.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ Kinloch, John (1939). "Reviews". California Eagle. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Archive.org.
^ Walker, Paul (November 17, 1938). "Reviews and Previews". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jackie Cooper Is Starred in 'Gangster's Boy' at Family". Scrantonian Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 20, 1938 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "'Gangster's Boy' Stays At Rialto". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. January 19, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Scott, Lucy Gilman". Chicago Tribune. November 26, 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ "Betty Blythe Dead at 78". The Des Moines Register. April 9, 1972. p. 4. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ "Gangster's Boy". Amazon. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ Krug, Karl (December 9, 1938). "Young Star Shines in Drama". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Reel News of Burlington". The Daily Times-News. Burlington, North Carolina. January 14, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Gangster's Boy at IMDb

Films directed by William Nigh

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A Royal Family (1915)
Emmy of Stork's Nest (1915)
Mignon (1915)
A Yellow Streak (1915)
Her Debt of Honor (1916)
The Kiss of Hate (1916)
Life's Shadows (1916)
The Child of Destiny (1916)
Notorious Gallagher (1916)
The Slave (1917)
Thou Shalt Not Steal (1917)
Wife Number Two (1917)
The Blue Streak (1917)
My Four Years in Germany (1918)
The Fighting Roosevelts (1919)
Beware! (1919)
School Days (1921)
Your Best Friend (1922)
Notoriety (1922)
Marriage Morals (1923)
Born Rich (1924)
Fear-Bound (1925)
Casey of the Coast Guard (1926)
The Fire Brigade (1926)
The Little Giant (1926)
The Nest (1927)
Mr. Wu (1927)
The Law of the Range (1928)
Across to Singapore (1928)
Four Walls (1928)
Desert Nights (1929)
Thunder (1929)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Today (1930)
Fighting Thru (1930)
The Single Sin (1931)
The Lightning Flyer (1931)
The Sea Ghost (1931)
Border Devils (1932)
Men Are Such Fools (1932)
Without Honor (1932)
The Night Rider (1932)
He Couldn't Take It (1933)
City Limits (1934)
Mystery Liner (1934)
School for Girls (1934)
The House of Mystery (1934)
Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
Once to Every Bachelor (1934)
Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
Dizzy Dames (1935)
Sweepstake Annie (1935)
The Headline Woman (1935)
His Night Out (1935)
Without Children (1935)
She Gets Her Man (1935)
The Old Homestead (1935)
Don't Get Personal (1936)
Crash Donovan (1936)
North of Nome (1936)
The Law Commands (1937)
Bill Cracks Down (1937)
Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
The 13th Man (1937)
Boy of the Streets (1937)
A Bride for Henry (1937)
Atlantic Flight (1937)
Rose of the Rio Grande (1938)
Female Fugitive (1938)
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
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I Am a Criminal (1938)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
Streets of New York (1939)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Doomed to Die (1940)
The Ape (1940)
Son of the Navy (1940)
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Secret Evidence (1941)
No Greater Sin (1941)
Mob Town (1941)
Zis Boom Bah (1941)
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Escape from Hong Kong (1942)
Black Dragons (1942)
Tough as They Come (1942)
City of Silent Men (1942)
Lady from Chungking (1942)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Corregidor (1943)
The Underdog (1943)
Where Are Your Children? (1943)
Trocadero (1944)
Are These Our Parents? (1944)
Allotment Wives (1945)
Divorce (1945)
Forever Yours (1945)
Beauty and the Bandit (1946)
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