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Our Gang

 
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Our Gang

  • Director: Robert F. McGowan
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Family-Oriented Comedy
  • Themes: Mischievous Children
  • Release Year: 1922
  • Country: US

Plot

The first Our Gang comedy to be produced -- and the film for which the entire series was named -- this silent, two-reel comedy no longer exists, except for a tantalizingly brief fragment. According to all available records, the plot concerns the efforts by a group of kids to save a widow's general store from the villainous machinations of a rival merchant (a storyline repeated in the 1931 Our Gang talkie Helping Grandma). For the record, the youngsters appearing in this landmark comedy were "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, Jackie Condon, Peggy Cartwright, Mickey Daniels and Mary Kornman. Our Gang was withheld from release until November 5, 1922, and as such was the third Our Gang short to be seen by the public, after One Terrible Day and Fire Fighters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jackie Condon - Jackie; Mickey Daniels - Mickey; John Hatton - Merchant; Mary Kornman - Mary; Ernest Morrison - Sunshine Sammy; Monty O'Grady; Peggy Cartwright - Peggy

Credit

Robert F. McGowan - Director, Hal Roach - Producer, Hal Roach - Screenwriter
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Our Gang
Directed by Charley Chase
Fred Newmeyer
Robert F. McGowan
Tom McNamara
Produced by Hal Roach
Written by Hal Roach
H. M. Walker
Tom McNamara
Robert A. McGowan
Starring Jackie Condon
Allen Hoskins
Peggy Cartwright
Monty O'Grady
Ernie Morrison
Weston Doty
Winston Doty
Charles Stevenson
Ernie Morrison Sr.
George Rowe
Distributed by Pathé
Release date(s) October 8, 1922
Running time 20 minutes
Country  United States
Language Silent film
English intertitles
Preceded by Fire Fighters
Followed by Young Sherlocks

Our Gang is a 1922 silent short film. It was the third of Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) shorts to be released, although it was the first to enter production. The two-reel short was released to theaters in October 1922 by Pathé.

Charles Parrot (better known as Charley Chase) served as the supervising director on Our Gang and the other early entries in the series. Fred Newmeyer directed the original version of this short, shot in January 1922.[1] After preview screenings, Roach brought in Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara to reshoot the film (following their work on two other Our Gangs, Fire Fighters and Young Sherlocks).[1]

No complete prints of the film Our Gang are known to survive, however there have been rumors that Laughsmith Entertainment has a complete print. Approximately half of the film exists across several archival fragments held by private collectors. It was previously considered to be a lost film.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Maltin, Leonard and Bann, Richard W. (1977, rev. 1992). The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang, p. 10. New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-517-58325-9

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