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Fire Fighters (film)Fire Fighters (film) Fire Fighters is a 1922 silent short film, the second entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara , the two-reel short was released to theaters in October 1922 by... In this article: Fire Fighters, Hal Roach, Pathe, Our Gang, Robert F. McGowan, and Little Rascals |
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Young Sherlocks
Young Sherlocks Young Sherlocks is a 1922 silent short subject, the fourth entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters in November 1922 by...
In this article: Young Sherlocks, J.J.J., Tom McNamara, Hal Roach, Pathe, Robert F. McGowan, and Little Rascals
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Our Gang filmography
...- 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 These two-reel silent Our Gang shorts were produced by Hal Roach Studios and distributed to theaters by Pathe. ''009 The Big Show '' (February 25) 010 A Pleasant Journey...
In this article: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, King World Productions, The Little Rascals, Our Gang filmography, Arbor Day, General Spanky, and Pathe
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Mary Kornman
Mary Kornman Mary Kornman (December 27, 1915 - June 1, 1973) was an American child actress who was the leading female star of the Our Gang series during the Pathe silent era. Mary Kornman was the daughter of Hal Roach's still-photo...
In this article: Mary Kornman, Mildred Kornman, Mickey Daniels, Cancer, Peggy Cartwright, The Desert Trail, Hal Roach, and Pathe
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One Terrible Day
One Terrible Day One Terrible Day is a 1922 silent short film, the first entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series to be released. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara , the two-reel short was released to theaters in...
In this article: One Terrible Day, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Peggy Cartwright, Ernie Morrison, Dog, Lincoln Stedman, and William Gillespie
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Our Gang (film)
Our Gang (film) 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...
In this article: Hal Roach, Fire Fighters, Young Sherlocks, Tom McNamara, Pathe, Charley Chase, Fred Newmeyer, Robert F. McGowan, and Little Rascals
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Jackie Condon
Jackie Condon Jackie Condon (John Michael Condon) (March 25, 1918 - October 13, 1977) was an American child actor who was a regular on the Our Gang short series during the Pathe silent era. Jackie was known for his impish behavior and his...
In this article: Jackie Condon, Pathe, Cancer, and Inglewood, California
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Eugene Jackson
Eugene Jackson Eugene W. Jackson, II (December 25, 1916 - October 26, 2001) was an American former child actor who was a regular of the Our Gang short series during the silent Pathe era. When he joined the gang, Jackson, replaced the series'...
In this article: Raul Julia, Little Annie Rooney, Pineapple, Eugene Jackson, Hollywood, Civil War, Hearts in Dixie, Shenandoah, and Pathe
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Our Gang
...Dinah the Mule. Roach's distributor Pathe released One Terrible Day, the fourth short to be produced for the series, as the first Our Gang short on September 10, 1922; the pilot Our Gang was not released until November 5. The Our Gang...
In this article: Hal Roach, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Little Rascals, Robert F. McGowan, King World, and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
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Kids Incorporated
...and MGM Television (aka MGM-Pathe). Hal Roach Studios/Quintex, the studio responsible for the Our Gang (Little Rascals) short films series of the 1930s, was also involved with KI. Kids Incorporated essentially launched the...
In this article: Kids Incorporated, Rahsaan Patterson, DVD, MGM Television, Disney, Disney Channel, and Thomas W. Lynch
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Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, Our Gang was produced at the Roach studio starting in 1922 as a silent short subject series. Roach changed distributors from Pathé to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1927, went to sound in 1929 and continued production until 1938, when he sold the series to MGM. MGM in turn continued producing the comedies until 1944. A total of 220 shorts and one feature film, General Spanky, were eventually produced, featuring over forty-one child actors. In the mid-1950s, the 80 Roach-produced shorts with sound were syndicated for television under the title The Little Rascals, as MGM retained the rights to the Our Gang trademark.
The series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively natural way. While child actors are often groomed to imitate adult acting styles, steal scenes, or deliver "cute" performances, Hal Roach and original director Robert F. McGowan worked to film the unaffected, raw nuances apparent in regular kids. Our Gang also notably put boys, girls, whites and blacks together in a group as equals, something that "broke new ground," according to film historian Leonard Maltin. Such a thing had never been done before in cinema but was commonplace after the success of Our Gang.
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