Our Gang Gold Volume 2 - The Little Rascals Silents Shorts

Here we go again with more laughs from Our Gang
This is the second great volume of "Our Gang" silent shorts. Although I wonder why the second short ever made "Fire Fighters" in on this disc rather than the first and they ought to be presented in chronological order, it's still worth a look. Jackie, Joe, Mickey, Farina and the rest of the gang are back with six two reel shorts all lasting between 15 to 25 minutes in length and today 90 years later they still generate laughs for everyone to enjoy. From their antics, to their misspelling of words in notes to teachers and on displays with some letters backward you still can't help but love the boys in the gang, oh, and Mary too who was the first lady of the group or should I say the original Darla.
Jackie Condon was and still is my favourite member of the silent troupe; with his hair looking like it was combed with an egg-beater, his expressive eyes, his perfect button nose and his double takes of surprise are worth the price of admission. Even little Farina's eyes and...

Our Gang Gold Volume 2 the Little Rascals Silents Shorts
Best movies out there. Brings back the childhood days of innocents. A great find, GREAT Silent shorts!! Excellent quality, by far

More of the original Our Gang
For fans or film buffs curious about the early days of the "Our Gang" series, here's six more silent treasures...
SHIVERING SPOOKS---The gang interferes with the show of phony mediums, who get their revenge by scaring the daylights out of the kids with their rigged "supernatural" effects. The police come to the rescue of the gang just in time. While this film is fast-moving, the "scare" comedy has just been done too many times, and probably better (compared to "Shootin' Injuns" with its cleverly imaginative "haunted house" tricks). Most of the laughs depend on the reactions of the kids (Farina gets so frightened, he actually turns "white" at one point) to really work. The best gag is a running one with frightened gang members clutching & tugging down an irate Joe Cobb's pants.
DERBY DAY---This is a bright & fun comedy where lemonade/hot dog vendors (the gang, of course) conducting business outside a real racing track sneak inside (with the help of Mary Kornman) & get the...

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