16mm Sound Film, Our Gang " Wild Poses " (1933) Rare ERKO, Laurel & Hardy Guests
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:25470537 | Modified Item: No |
| Film Format: 16mm | Genre: Children's & Family |
| UPC: Does not apply |
16mm Sound Film, Our Gang "Wild Poses" (1933) Rare ERKO, Kids and Pets, Laurel & Hardy GuestsAn Our Gang Comedy. Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer. A sequel to the previous Our Gang short, Bedtime Worries, Wild Poses features a brief cameo by Laurel & Hardy.Please read below for a full description of the films opening titles. This is a very good condition, Dupont black and white print. Minor wear, just a handful of spli...ces, complete from the rare ERKO logo and Kids and Pets titles to end. It comes mounted on a 800 Goldberg' reel and can. These prints are very, very difficult to find, a former rental from the Bell & Howell film library, it's still in very good shape although the opening logo and end titles are very slightly clipped by just a few frames.Shipped media mail with tracking within 3 days of payment. Returns accepted with 30 days of receipt. Buyer pays shipping. Please take a look at my other auctions.Our Gang also had its roots in an aborted Roach short-subject series revolving around the adventures of a black boy called "Sunshine Sammy", played by Ernie Morrison. Theater owners then were wary of booking shorts focused on a black boy, and the series ended after just one entry, The Pickaninny, was produced. Morrison's "Sunshine Sammy" instead became one of the foci of the new Our Gang series. Under the supervision of Charley Chase, work began on the first two-reel shorts in the new "kids-and-pets" series, to be called Hal Roach's Rascals, later that year. Director Fred C. Newmeyer helmed the first pilot film, entitled Our Gang, but Roach scrapped Newmeyer's work and had former fireman Robert F. McGowan reshoot the short. Roach tested it at several theaters around Hollywood. The attendees were very receptive, and the press clamored for "lots more of those 'Our Gang' comedies." The colloquial usage of the term Our Gang led to its becoming the series' second (yet more popular) official title, with the title cards reading "Our Gang Comedies: Hal Roach presents His Rascals in..." The series was officially called both Our Gang and Hal Roach's Rascals until 1932, when Our Gang became the sole title of the series.
