residing in the area. Stage The phrase "On the Bowery", which has since fallen into disuse, was a generic way to say one was down-and-out. It originated in the song "The Bowery" from the 1891 musical A Trip to Chinatown, which included the chorus "The Bow’ry, The Bow’ry! / They say such things, / and they do strange things / on the Bow’ry" On the Bowery, an 1894 play starring Steve Brodie, supposed Brooklyn Bridge jumper and Bowery saloonkeeper. In Disney's "Newsies", the showgirls featured in the song, "I Never Planned On You/ Don't Come A-Knocking" are called the Bowery Beauties. Film and television The 1925 film Little Annie Rooney takes place in the Bowery. The Bowery, a 1933 film about Brodie starring George Raft. The Bowery is portrayed in the 1934 Krazy Kat cartoon Bowery Daze. A popular B-movie series made between 1946 and 1958 featured "The Bowery Boys", led by Slip (Leo Gorcey) and Satch (Huntz Hall). The 1949 cartoon "Bowery Bugs" tells a fictionalized version of the Steve Brodie story, with Bugs Bunny as Brody's tormenter. On the Bowery, Lionel Rogosin's 1956 film, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. In the 2002 film Gangs of New York, Bowery is a mentioned territory of the Bowery Boys, a street gang of the late 19th century during the New York Draft Riots. A crime lord known as the Bowery King, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, is a major character in both John Wick: Chapter 2 & John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Art The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems, a collection of photographs and poems by Martha Rosler. Advertising In the 1960s, radio and television commercials for the Bowery Savings Bank featured a jingle with the lyrics "The Bowery, The Bowery / The Bowery pays a lot / The Bowery pays you 6% / Commercial banks in New York simply do not." The number changed according to the amount of interest available on a passbook savings account offered by the bank. Wrestling Professional wrestler Raven is billed as being from the Bowery despite being born in Philadelphia and residing in Atlanta. See also Bowery Mission Bowery Theatre Skid Row Cancer Study References Notes Sources Fodor's Flashmaps New York, 1991 Fodor's See It New York City, 2004, Valentine's Manual of Old New York'' / No. 7, Ed. Henry Collins Brown, Pub. Valentine's Manual Inc. 1922 Further reading