Our Gang Season 1
Our Gang is a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. 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. McGowan worked to film the unaffected, raw nuances apparent in regular children rather than have them imitate adult acting styles. In addition, Our Gang notably put boys, girls, whites and blacks together as equals, something that "broke new ground," according to film historian Leonard Maltin. That had never been done before in cinema, but has since been repeated after the success of Our Gang. The first production at the Roach studio in 1922 was a series of silent short subjects. When Roach changed distributors from Pathé to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1927, and converted the series to sound in 1929, the series took off. Production continued at the Roach studio until 1938, when the series was sold to MGM, continuing to produce the comedies until 1944. The Our Gang series includes 220 shorts and one feature film, General Spanky, featuring over forty-one child actors. As MGM retained the rights to the Our Gang trademark following their purchase of the production rights, the 80 Roach-produced "talkies" were syndicated for television under the title The Little Rascals beginning in 1955. Both Roach's The Little Rascals package and MGM's Our Gang package have since remained in syndication, with periodic new productions based on the shorts surfacing over the years, including a 1994 Little Rascals feature film released by Universal Pictures.
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1922Our Gang is a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. 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. McGowan worked to film the unaffected, raw nuances apparent in regular children rather than have them imitate adult acting styles. In addition, Our Gang notably put boys, girls, whites and blacks together as equals, something that "broke new ground," according to film historian Leonard Maltin. That had never been done before in cinema, but has since been repeated after the success of Our Gang. The first production at the Roach studio in 1922 was a series of silent short subjects. When Roach changed distributors from Pathé to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1927, and converted the series to sound in 1929, the series took off. Production continued at the Roach studio until 1938, when the series was sold to MGM, continuing to produce the comedies until 1944. The Our Gang series includes 220 shorts and one feature film, General Spanky, featuring over forty-one child actors. As MGM retained the rights to the Our Gang trademark following their purchase of the production rights, the 80 Roach-produced "talkies" were syndicated for television under the title The Little Rascals beginning in 1955. Both Roach's The Little Rascals package and MGM's Our Gang package have since remained in syndication, with periodic new productions based on the shorts surfacing over the years, including a 1994 Little Rascals feature film released by Universal Pictures.
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Our Gang Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Lodge Night is the 15th Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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Dogs of War! is a 1923 silent short subject, the fourteenth entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan, the two-reel short was released to theaters in July 1923 by Pathé Exchange. The short was filmed alongside Why Worry?, a feature comedy produced by Roach and starring Harold Lloyd, who makes a cameo appearance in Dogs of War as himself.
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Back Stage is the 13th silent Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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Giants vs. Yanks is the 12th Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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Boys to Board is the 11th Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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A Pleasant Journey is a 1923 silent short comedy film and the tenth Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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The Big Show is the ninth Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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The Cobbler is the eighth Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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The Champeen is the seventh Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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A Quiet Street is the sixth Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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Saturday Morning is the fifth Our Gang short subject comedy released. The Our Gang series was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
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Young Sherlocks is a 1922 silent short subject, the fourth entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters in November 1922 by Pathé.
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Our Gang is an American Our Gang silent short film that was the third entry in the series to be released and directed by Charley Chase, Robert F. McGowan, Tom McNamara, and Fred Newmeyer. The two-reeler was released into theaters on November 5, 1922 by Pathé.
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Fire Fighters is a 1922 silent short film, the second entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters in October 1922 by Pathé.
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One Terrible Day is a 1922 American silent short film, the first entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang series to be released. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters on September 10, 1922 by Pathé. It is a comedic film about a group of children from the poor section of town being taken by a wealthy matron to her country estate. The party is crashed as more kids than were invited show up, along with their dog, and stow away in the limousine. When they arrive at the country estate, the boys proceed to make mayhem and wreak general havoc. This was the first Our Gang comedy to be released, although the fourth to go into production. The gang’s leading lady in this film is Peggy Cartwright, who only makes a brief appearance in the company of an unnamed character at the country estate. Allen Hoskins’s character in this early silent Our Gang short is female. His character will not start taking on male characteristics until the 1923 short, The Champeen, when he dresses like a boy for the first time. This is very similar to what happened with the Buckwheat character years later. When the television rights for the original silent Pathé Our Gang comedies were sold to National Telepix and other distributors, several of the Our Gang films were released into TV syndication and retitled. In 1960 the collective title "Our Gang" was changed to "Mischief Makers" and the title of "One Terrible Day" was changed to "The Outing." About two-thirds of the original footage from the film was included. Most of the original inter-titles were also cut and later replaced. The film, having been produced prior to 1923, and never having the copyright renewed, is in the public domain. However, the "Mischief Makers" additions to the film were copyrighted in 1960.
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