I have never understood why some folks insist on "chronological" releases. Warners didn't do a chronological release of their Fred & Ginger films, their films noir, or most of their other releases. The first batch of Bowery Boys films, chronologically, are not as strong as their later films (they're much more closely related to the crime-type melodrama/comedies of the East Side Kids days than they would be to the later comedy-oriented Bowery Boys we know and love) and a casual movie buff sampling the series with a "Chronological Vol. 1" might well eschew future purchases. I urge Warners to go with a "Best of the Bowery Boys" Vol. 1, and give us the best of the Bowery Boys!
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