On the Bowery (1956)

Review: On the Bowery (1956)

Director: Lionel Rogosin

Cast: Ray Salyer, Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews, George L. Bolton,

Ray Salyer
Ray Salyer
Gorman Hendricks
Gorman Hendricks
Frank Matthews
Frank Matthews
George L. Bolton
George L. Bolton

Plot: A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.

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Lionel Rogosin: <i>On the Bowery</i> (1956)

Lionel Rogosin: On the Bowery (1956)

The announcement that Milestone will be releasing Lionel Rogosin’s On the Bowery next February reminded me that I still hadn’t got around to watching the three-disk set of Rogosin’s work that I bought in Paris in the summer of […]

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