A racial history of the little rascals by julia lee. They even had their own black and white version of the kkk, the cluck cluck klamsand the public loved it. No noise is the 17th our gang short subject comedy released. It is a simply lovely film which will move you as few silent films can. One terrible day is a 1922 american silent short film, the first entry in hal roachs our gang little rascals series to be released. Created by comedy producer and studio executive hal roach, the series was produced in various forms from 1922 to 1944 and is. Two of the segments used in reconstructing the film our gang came from a home movie outfit from chicago called excel films. The our gang comedies began in 1922, and lasted until 1944, spanning 221 films. This is the last of the little rascals our gang shorts there 52 shorts 19381944 there are 220 total shorts a companion box set the little rascals. The film charts the development of the little rascals and chronicles what happens to many of the individual members once they left the group. With anna mae bilson, jackie condon, mickey daniels, john hatton.
An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store. This collection contains five very rare films that were made during the earliest days of the series. Hal roach was a genius when he put together the our gang shorts. Created by comedy producer hal roach, the series was produced from 1922 to 1944 and is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively natural way. This 1922 entry was the third our gang film ever made after our gang and fire fighters. Theyre funloving members of our gang, one of the most beloved bunches of movie kids ever.
Dec 15, 2015 it was the age of jim crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. Our gang is a series of american comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Our gang 1922 a gang of children steps in to help a widowed shopkeeper when a rival merchant steals her customers. And by sheerest coincidence, century comedies released a film the same year our gang was launched called the little rascal 1922. Watch our gang full movie in hd visit a gang of friends lose their club house and collect money for a new one by sing. This is the last of the little rascals our gang shorts there 52 shorts 19381944 there are. Created by comedy producer hal roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively natural way, as roach and original director robert f. Here is a complete listing of the 221 films, listed in the order they were filmed. Our gang watch episodes on best ever, dove channel, and.
Our gang, also known as the little rascals or hal roachs rascals, was a longlived series of american comedy short films about a troupe of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Some 220 shorts were produced between 1922 and 1944 starring the our gang kids and their assorted animal companions. The our gang story documents the history of some of the most beloved film characters in history. Our gang, also known as the little rascals or hal roachs rascals, was a series of american comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Though it debuted in 1922 as silent film shorts titled our gang, the series was later retitled the little rascals and. Sir charles spencer charlie chaplin, kbe 16 april 1889 25 december 1977 was an english comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame during the era of silent film. Complete with bios,filmographies and movies to watch.
The first film shot, our gang, was the third film released. This has charter member ernie sunshine sammy morrison spinning a whale of a tale tall of how he and jackie condon tried to rescue rich peggy cartwright from kidnappers. The cast of our ganglittle rascals tv show, hal roach, mgm production. The word for goddess in chinese also means a loose woman it was directed by wu yonggang. Our gang known subsequently to television syndication as the little rascals or hal roachs rascals is an american series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Our gang 1922 is an american our gang silent short film that was the third entry in the series to be released. Mcgowan worked to film the unaffected, raw nuances apparent in regular children rather than have them imitate adult. Later known to millions of television viewers as the little rascals, the our gang series of short films were produced by the hal roach studios from 1922 through 1938, when the series was sold to mgm. Created by comedy producer hal roach, our gang was produced at the roach studio starting in 1922 as a silent short subject series. Our gang tv series 19221944 the movie database tmdb. The original title was saturday morning 1922 score.
The disc i did find wonderful to watch and kept was the our gang story. The our gang kids want to raise money to buy now football uniforms for their team, and so they decide to present a musical comedy in their basement theatre. Webm audiovideo file, vp9, length 12 min 11 s, 640. Film titles in red indicate the film is a lost film. Mcgowan and tom mcnamara, the tworeel short was released to theaters on september 10, 1922 by pathe.
A gang of children steps in to help a widowed shopkeeper when a rival merchant steals her customers. Our gang is available to stream on free services, best ever and dove channel. The goddess a silent film from china made in 1934 and starring ruan lingyu in a stunning performance is the story of a prostitute and her son. Presented here is all known existing scenes from the very first our gang comedy which was titled our gang as well. Our gang, hal roach, fire fighters, silent, silent, hal roach language english. Of course, the bestknown title, the little rascals, came decades later when the series was shown on television. Our gang silent young sherlocks 1922 free download. But in the world of our gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. Collection has 80 of the shorts 19291938 then there are the silent shorts from 19221929 some have. The our gang series includes 220 shorts and one feature film, general spanky, featuring over. Download our gang little rascals torrent kickasstorrents. The short film no noise is available for free download at the internet archive no noise on imdb no noise at allmovie.
Our ganglittle rascals 1922 1944 a list of 92 people pretty little liars freeform jun. Young sherlocks is a 1922 american silent short subject comedy film, the fourth entry in hal roachs our gang series. Jul 22, 2017 our ganglittle rascals 1922 1944 a list of 92 people pretty little liars freeform jun. Madd professor favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite january 18, 2014 subject. Our gang is most famous for a handful of glorious imps. The kids organize their own fire department and unwittingly thwart a group of bootleggers. This was the sixth episode of hall roachs our gang series. Lots of interesting facts about the most popular kids on the show from the early episodes in 1922 on to robert blake as mickey. Our gang later known as the little rascals or hal roachs rascals is a series of american comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Note that some films were not released in the order they were shot. The tworeeler was released into theaters on november 5, 1922 by pathe.
Mar 12, 2017 sir charles spencer charlie chaplin, kbe 16 april 1889 25 december 1977 was an english comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame during the era of silent film. The first our gang film in the series addeddate 20170328 19. Our gang was the first installment produced in the longrunning shorts series. Note this does not include the our gang comedies that were produced after the studio stole away hals idea and fired him. The first production at the roach studio in 1922 was a series of silent short subjects. Saturday morning is the fifth our gang short subject comedy released. The our gang series later known as the little rascals was created by hal roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944. Long lost piece of film history is also very good the very first our gang little rascals film ever made but the 3rd to be publicly released has been lost for many years and a subject of curiosity for film historians, but about half if it has. Child star of the our gang comedies who went on to perform as an adult in broadway musicals and radio shows the popularity of the longrunning our gang series of comedy shorts 1922 44, created by the producer hal roach, which followed the adventures of a group of poor urban children, made unlikely film stars of its young cast. This set consists of the 80 sound films produced by hal roach and released to. I wrote down who, how many episodes they were in, and when they passed away sunshine sammy morrison 28 film shorts, died 1989. The short film young sherlocks is available for free download at the internet archive young. Flahertys nanook of the north, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film november 26 the toll of the sea, starring anna may wong and kenneth harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use twotone technicolor the gulf between was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed.
99 1454 708 794 660 1095 111 230 1198 589 602 653 480 826 159 403 1011 784 1673 173 1327 168 1223 139 1483 1219 463 1488 1333 814 378 1133 763 1173 610 894 767 556 297 902 621 1383 1261 398