The our gang series is notable for being one of the first in cinema history in which blacks and whites were portrayed as equals. From 1935 to 1941, she continued to play in our gang. This web page features highquality little rascals films you can play from the hal roach our gang comedies along with a complete our gang filmography. Little singer our gang follies of 1936 the pinch singer divot diggers the lucky corner second childhood arbor day bored of education two too young pay as you exit spooky hooky reunion in rhythm and glove taps. Old time cliffhanger movie serials and it will take you to that page or just click below on the movie section below you are interested in. Ive never actually seen the original title card for our gang follies of 1938, and im not even sure the card was originally released with the short, but ive heard that both philip macmahon and georgia jean larue were given official billing on it. It was one of the most successful shorts in series history. Title card for the 1937 our gang comedy short rushin ballet. It is the best of the three follies films, probably featuring a bigger budget than our gang follies of 1936 and reunion in rhythm combined. Explore our gang wallpaper on wallpapersafari find more items about taylor gang wallpaper, crip gang wallpaper, rich gang wallpaper. During his tenure in our gang, porky originated the catchphrase otay. Hood, darla jean the encyclopedia of oklahoma history. Our gang later known as the little rascals or hal roachs rascals are a series of american comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures.
It was the 140th film in the series to be released. Produced by hal roach and released to theaters by metrogoldwynmayer, it was the 140st our gang short to be released and the first of several musical entries in the series. Darwood kenneth smith september 8, 1929 may 15, 2002, also known as darwood kaye, was an american child actor most notable for his semiregular role as the bookish rich kid waldo in the our gang short subjects series from 1937 to 1940. Not all of the musical stars in the films dream sequence were so honored, so i guess that their. Annie ross almost 20 years before lambert hendricks, and ross. By 1936, hal roach began debating plans to discontinue our gang until louis b. Watch little rascals season 16, episode 5 our gang follies of 1938. Directed by gordon douglas as a sequel to 1935 s our gang follies of 1936, the tworeel short was released to theaters on december 18, 1937 by metrogoldwynmayer. Our gang follies of 1936 the lucky corner our gang.
Harold was given two nicknames, slim and deadpan, and carl was dubbed alfalfa. He left roach in 1937 over creative differences, and committed suicide on august 1 1940 at the age of 47. Our gang the little rascals by thomas staedeli cyranos. He was most closely associated with the our gang comedies, directing 14 series entries between 1934 and 1936, including such enduring classics as hineighbor 1934, shrimps for a day 1934, mamas little pirate 1934, beginners luck 1935 and our gang follies of 1936 1935. In the next year, she made her first film appearance in the short subject film every sunday 1936. Carl dean switzer august 7, 1927 january 21, 1959 was an american singer, child actor, dog breeder and guide. Our gang follies of 1938 only lasts a little over 21 minutes, but its one of the truly classic little rascals performances. Lhcs our ganglittle rascals page our gang 1937 part 2.
Briefly digressing from our gang s new onereel format, the series december 18, 1937 release, our gang follies of 1938, was expanded to two reels and the result is often considered to be the best gang. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. In follies of 1938, alfalfa, who aspires to be an opera singer, falls asleep and. The series was for the children growing up in that day and age. The switzer brothers first appeared in the 1935 our gang. The short film our gang follies of 1938 is available for free download at the internet archive. Early in 1935, new cast members carl switzer and his brother harold joined our gang. In 1935 hood signed a sevenyear contract at seventyfive dollars a week and immediately starred in our gang follies of 1936. As an adult, smith became a seventhday adventist pastor, ministering at several churches until his accidental death in 2002. Our gang is an american series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor. Producer hal roach was present at the commissary that day and was impressed by the performance.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. He was best known for his role as alfalfa in the short subjects series our gang. This collections contains all 80 of the original little rascals theatrical talkies in their. She played darla in our gang, except for her our gang debut, in which her characters name was cookie. Our gang follies of 1936 academic dictionaries and. Each year, we begin the national film registry process anew and start from scratch. Reunion in rhythm, glove taps, hearts are thumps, rushin ballet, night n gales, mail and female, our gang follies of 1938.
Child stars of classic film silents thru 70s public. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. The gangs all here 1931 ziegfeld follies of 1931 1931 strike me pink 1933 thumbs up. Beckett appeared as a regular in the our gang short subjects series from 1934 to 1935. General spanky was codirected by gordon douglas and fred c. Darla jean hood november 8, 1931 june, 1979 was an american child actress, best known as the leading lady in the our gang series from 1935 to 1941. Eugene gordon lee october 25, 1933 october 16, 2005 was an american child actor, most notable for appearing in the our gang little rascals comedies as porky from 1935 to 1939. The first our gang tworeeler since 1936 s arbor day, and the last tworeeler released by hal roach. Lach lomand, from the our gang follies of 1938 lach lomand, from the our gang follies of 1938. Darla jean hood george mcfarland spanky the little etsy. There is however, no claim that the our gang follies was great acting. Feb 09, 2018 0052 our gang follies 1936 1935 lorie villarreal. By 1936, hal roach began debating plans to discontinue our gang until. Produced by hal roach and released to theaters by metrogoldwynmayer, it was the 140th our gang short to be released and the first of several musical entries in the series.
But alfalfa abandons the show saying his crooning days are over, and that opera is his true calling. This new print is made from the original hand oil tinted photograph that was professionally digitized to. Nasci a naru ag a sagra du miennulu n ciuri, ammintata du conti narisi fonziu gaetani nati. Our gang follies of 1938 is vintage little rascals, featuring spanky, alfalfa, porky, buckwheat, and darla. Our gang disambiguation, our gang film, our gang novel, our gang follies of 1936, our gang follies of 1938, our gang filmography, our gang personnel, our gangs dark oath, spanky and our gang, sunday mornin spanky and our gang song, lazy day spanky and our gang song, spanky and our gang album, spanky. Mar 17, 2014 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. 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, as roach and original director robert f. Watch little rascals season 14, episode 3 our gang follies of 1936.
In the gang, beckett played george spanky mcfarlands best friend and partner in mischief. The dvds the 80 our gang shorts created between 1929 and 1938 are spread over seven dvds, with an eight disc for extras. Early in 1935, new cast members carl switzer and his brother harold joined our. Our gang follies of 1936 1935 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The king of the crooners gets top billing in spankys production, but unfortunately alfalfa decides he wants to stop crooning and concentrate on singing opera. This chapter describes the cultural anxieties and rehabilitation of the crooner persona, then discusses the complex reasons for early crooners popularity and the ensuing backla.
The director is gus meins and i cannot say i know him. He is best known as senior director of hal roachs our gang comedies from 1934 to 1936, and also as director of laurel and hardys babes in toyland 1934. Billie thomas buckwheat the little rascals our gang 8x10 etsy. There are some present day racial issues because of the roles of the black actors and some people have claimed. Our gang follies of 1936 is a 1935 our gang short comedy film directed by gus meins. Volume 6 includes hal roach talking shorts spanning from 1935 a 1937. The music is rather impressive for a tworeel short, especially the introductory song by spanky. He returned to our gang in 1935 to play a member of the group in our gang follies of 1936, and as a member of the famous broadway artists in the pinch singer. Helping make this film superior to the other musicals is character actor henry brandon, known to laurel. The latter two were convicted of conspiracy to murder senator warren g. His assistant director was a young gordon douglas, who became senior director in 1936 when meins left our gang for other directing jobs at roach. Although it takes our gang completely out of the real world, it works as a kidseye view of the typical hollywood musical. The discs, along with a 12page booklet, are held in a fourtray digipak designed to look like a hardcover book, with an embossed holofoil cover. Brothers louis, sam and harry fleisher were involved with the group.
She joined the our gang series, a troupe of kid performers whose comical antics. The gang is putting on a show with alfalfa billed as king of the crooners. With our gang, george spanky mcfarland, carl alfalfa switzer, darla hood. Our gang the complete guide this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. This series was syndicated to television as the little rascals. Produced by hal roach and released to theaters by metrogoldwynmayer, it was the 140st our gang short to be released and the. The four africanamerican child actors who held main roles in the series were ernie sunshine sammy morrison, allen farina hoskins, matthew stymie beard and billie buckwheat thomas. Spanky and our gang sunday will never be the same 1967 pictures 501x482. A followup to the musicalrevue short our gang follies of 1936, the onereel reunion in rhythm was apparently filmed under the title our gang.
Our gang season 14 episode 3 our gang follies of 1936. Brigitte bardot, atora, modela e cantante fransexe morti. The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except theyre missing an act. This video features a number of songs and dances from our gang s talented kids, and alfalfas performance of the barber of seville is a quintessential alfalfa moment. Our gang collection 52 short films, 19381942 5disc dvd. But after taking a nap and dreaming of a successful future in popular music, he changes his mind and joins the. Our gang follies of 1936 spanky emcees a show of children singing and dancing. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes.
Taps 1937 general spanky 1936 second childhood 1936 little sinner 1935. Some films not yet named to the registry film registry national. Overview of our gang follies of 1938, 1937, directed by gordon douglas, with ada lynn, joe geil, george mcfarland, at turner classic movies. Dicks rodeo background soon landed him featured roles in westerns starring the likes of gene autry, john wayne, and buck jones. Our gang follies of 1938 later reissued as simply follies of 1938 is a 1937 american musical short subject, the 161st short subject entry in hal roachs our gang little rascals series. Our gang follies of 1936 1935 our gang follies of 1936. In 1934, beckett joined our gang, in which moore had appeared from 1932 to 1933.
Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Report about the child serial our gang and portraits of the actorsactresses. Directed by gordon douglas as a sequel to 1935s our gang follies of 1936. Laurens hammond kriggt vun dat uspatentamt in washington d. She was born in leedey, oklahoma, the only child of james claude hood and elizabeth davner. The gang stages a big musical revue in spankys cellar 6 acts of swell actin. She appeared in 150 our gang episodes as well as in a title role with stan laurel and oliver hardy in the bohemian girl 1936. There are some present day racial issues because of the roles of the black actors and some people have claimed the child actors were financially robbed by the adults. Leroy shield october 2, 1893 january 9, 1962 was an american film score and radio composer. With scotty beckett, darla hood, eugene porky lee, george spanky mcfarland. Our gang follies of 1938 is a 1937 american musical short subject, the 161st short subject entry in hal roachs our gang little rascals series. The purple gang was a group of notorious detroit gangsters during the 1920s and 1930s.
Start a subscription manage my subscription epaper app downloads newsletter. The gangs all here 1931 archives tap legacy foundation, inc. The clip is from the 1933 short, use your imagination by vitaphone corporation with production reels number 15451546. The final major hal roach our gang member, darla hood, shows up in follies of 1936. The gang is staging their annual follies show, but king of the crooners alfalfa walks out on stage singing opera. Purple gang car seized here in 1936 historical albion michigan.
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