Gasoline Alley (1951 film)
Gasoline Alley is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon and Susan Morrow.[1] It is based on the cartoon of the same name by Frank King. It was followed the same year by a sequel, Corky of Gasoline Alley.
| Gasoline Alley | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Written by | Edward Bernds Frank King |
| Produced by | Milton Feldman |
| Starring | Scotty Beckett Jimmy Lydon Susan Morrow |
| Cinematography | Lester White |
| Edited by | Aaron Stell |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | January 2, 1951 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
The popular Frank O. King comic strip characters go from newspaper page to screen in this 1951 feature film from legendary comedy director Edward Bernds (of Three Stooges and Bowery Boys fame). Scotty Beckett and Jimmy Lydon are Corky and Skeezix, half-brothers who find themselves in the restaurant business until complications and some family conflicts arise.
Cast
- Scotty Beckett as Corky
- Jimmy Lydon as Skeezix
- Susan Morrow as Hope
- Don Beddoe as Walt Wallet
- Patti Brady as Judy
- Madelon Baker as Phyllis / Auntie Blossom
- Dick Wessel as Pudge
- Gus Schilling as Joe Allen
- Kay Christopher as Nina
- Byron Foulger as Charles D. Haven
- Virginia Toland as Carol Rice
- Jimmy Lloyd as Harry Dorsey
- William Forrest as Hacker
- Ralph Peters as Reddick
- Charles Halton as Pettit
- Charles Williams as Mortie
- Christine McIntyre as Myrtle
References
- Dick p.260
Bibliography
- Bernard F. Dick. Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
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