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Mar 15, 1988 · Producer Jan Grippo, one of the prime movers behind the “Bowery Boys” films of the 1940s and 1950s, died Saturday in a Los Angeles hospital. Grippo was 81.
Allied Artists was planning to syndicate The Bowery Boys to television. Jan Grippo, who had produced the series from 1946 to 1951, still held a 50-percent interest in his 23 productions, so Allied Artists bought the rights from Grippo in December 1957.
Jan Grippo was born on 15 December 1906 in Beacon, New York, USA. Jan was a producer and writer, known for Lucky Losers (1950), Ghost Chasers (1951) and Valentino (1951). Jan was married to Paula Rice. Jan died on 12 March 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer, Writer, Additional Crew
- December 15, 1906
- Jan Grippo
- March 12, 1988
Jul 28, 2021 · JAN GRIPPO, 81, who in the 1940s and 1950s produced nearly two dozen Bowery Boys movies, died Saturday. Although the Bowery Boys started as troublemakers in the films Dead End and Angels With...
Jan Grippo was born on December 15, 1906 in Beacon, New York, USA. Jan was a producer and writer, known for Lucky Losers (1950), Ghost Chasers (1951) and Valentino (1951). Jan was married to Paula Rice. Jan died on March 12, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- December 15, 1906
- March 12, 1988
In 1946, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, and Leo Gorcey, working with Jordan's agent Jan Grippo, revamped The East Side Kids, renaming them "The Bowery Boys". These films followed a more established formula, with each member playing the same character steadily.
Grippo, Gorcey, and Hall formed Jan Grippo Productions, revamped the format, and rechristened the series The Bowery Boys (the earlier films credits appear as: "Leo Gorcey and The Bowery Boys"). Gorcey, who owned forty percent of the company, starred, produced, and contributed to the scripts.
