On the Bowery
On the Bowery

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At the time of this film, the Bowery was a neighborhood in New York City populated largely by the down and out, and largely by transients. Those that can work generally can only find short term employment on a day to day basis, their daily earnings which primarily go into booze. Those that can't or won't work generally sponge off whoever they can, especially for that next drink. New to the neighborhood is Ray, who most recently had been working the rails in New Jersey. He is ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in On the Bowery:

Ray Salyer
Gorman Hendricks
Frank Matthews
George L. Bolton

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At the time of this film, the Bowery was a neighborhood in New York City populated largely by the down and out, and largely by transients. Those that can work generally can only find short term employment on a day to day basis, their daily earnings which primarily go into booze. Those that can't or won't work generally sponge off whoever they can, especially for that next drink. New to the neighborhood is Ray, who most recently had been working the rails in New Jersey. He is one of those who can and still does work, but like the others spends what little money he has on booze, which means he usually sleeps on the streets in a drunken stupor. The only person he would probably consider a friend in the neighborhood is the elderly Gorman, who in turn takes advantage of his new friend at whatever opportunity. When he's sober, Ray understands that alcohol is ruining his life, and as such states that he will try to stop drinking. The questions become whether Ray has either the will or the support necessary to fulfill this goal, or whether he is destined to become another Gorman and the legions like Gorman in the Bowery.

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Film-Forward.com - 10/10 by Nora Lee MandelFascinating for urban and film historians, but also a moving tribute to film's timeless power to illuminate social issues. See with new The Perfect Team:The Making of.
Slant Magazine - 10/10 by Bill WeberLionel Rogosin's semi-documentary is an unflinching document of skid-row denizens, and humanist cinema at its unsentimental best.
Time Out - 10/10 by David FearThe Bowery's reign as ground zero for drinkers and drifters may be history, but more than a half century later, the film still hits you in the gut like a shot of two-bit hooch.
Wall Street Journal - 10/10 by Nicolas RapoldA fine-grained picture of stasis, both on the street and in the faces of lifers shuffling into gin mills and flophouses.
Tikkun - 10/10 by David SterrittThe result is harrowing and heartrending, and all the more so when you realize that the people on the screen died mostly miserable deaths, with only this little-known work of art to memorialize them.
Boston Phoenix - 9/10 by Peter KeoughThis is a primal story of survival and trust set in what was one of the worst places in the world.
Boston Globe - 9/10 by Wesley MorrisShot on 16mm in black-and-white with a Bolex camera, the results remain stunningly authentic.
Movie Metropolis - 9/10 by Christopher LongA portrait of the ravages of alcoholism so vivid that I cannot off-hand think of any equivalent.
Reeling Reviews - 9/10 by Laura CliffordThe film is a fascinating bit of Americana, an indelible portrait of another time and place...stunning
Boston Herald - 9/10 by James VerniereShot on Manhattan's virtually resurrected street of broken persons, the film is a snapshot of gin mills, flophouses and human wrecks, once known as "winos" for their addiction to cheap, fortified wine.

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