Gas House Kids is a 1946 American comedy-drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Billy Halop, Robert Lowery, Teala Loring, and Carl Switzer. It was inspired by the Dead End Kids,[1] even casting erstwhile Dead End ringleader Billy Halop in a leading role.

Gas House Kids
Film poster
Directed bySam Newfield
Written by
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
Starring
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited by
Music byLeo Erdody
Production
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Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • October 9, 1946 (1946-10-09)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Aftermath

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After the release of Gas House Kids, the PRC studio decided to emulate Monogram's popular comedy series The Bowery Boys, another incarnation of the Dead End Kids but now with more emphasis on comedy. Billy Halop had only agreed to the one picture, and was no longer available for a sequel. The Gas House Kids series was now built around Halop's co-star Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer with a new cast of kids, and resulted in two features: Gas House Kids Go West and The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (both 1947). The series came to an abrupt end when the studio closed its doors in August 1947. It merged into the new Eagle-Lion Films company.

References

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  1. ^ AFI Catalog p.858-859

Bibliography

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  • The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1941 - 1950: Feature Films. University of California Press, 1999.
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