According to IMDB, this first Our Gang comedy (appropriately named "Our Gang") is a lost film. Well, you should tell YouTube that, as it IS posted there and I just saw it.
The first portion has little to do with the final portion...and the final portion of the film is best.
It begins with Jimmy trying to impress Flora (in the credits they are listed as Jackie and Mary Jane). The credits say Jimmy is 6...he looks about 10. Regardless, this is an inoffensive but relatively dull portion of the movie. What IS interesting is when a nice shopkeeper finds herself being put out of business by a grouchy man. The kids like her and decide to help...and their mule and horse help as well. This part is loaded with laughs and made me smile.
Aside from a continuity problem towards the end when the grouch loses his coat to a dog and it suddenly appears on him seconds later, this is a lovely and fun outing....and, had it not been, perhaps it would have been the first AND last Our Gang film!
The first portion has little to do with the final portion...and the final portion of the film is best.
It begins with Jimmy trying to impress Flora (in the credits they are listed as Jackie and Mary Jane). The credits say Jimmy is 6...he looks about 10. Regardless, this is an inoffensive but relatively dull portion of the movie. What IS interesting is when a nice shopkeeper finds herself being put out of business by a grouchy man. The kids like her and decide to help...and their mule and horse help as well. This part is loaded with laughs and made me smile.
Aside from a continuity problem towards the end when the grouch loses his coat to a dog and it suddenly appears on him seconds later, this is a lovely and fun outing....and, had it not been, perhaps it would have been the first AND last Our Gang film!