About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 78. Chapters: Anniversary Trouble, Arbor Day (film), Ask Grandma, A Lad an' a Lamp, A Pleasant Journey, A Quiet Street, A Tough Winter, Baby Brother, Baby Clothes, Back Stage (1923 film), Bargain Day, Barnum & Ringling, Inc., Bear Facts (film), Bear Shooters, Bedtime Worries, Beginner's Luck, Better Movies, Big Business (1924 film), Big Ears, Birthday Blues, Bored of Education, Bouncing Babies, Boxing Gloves (film), Boys to Board, Boys Will Be Joys, Bring Home the Turkey, Buried Treasure (1926 film), Call of the Cuckoo, Came the Brawn, Canned Fishing, Chicken Feed, Circus Fever, Commencement Day, Cradle Robbers, Derby Day (1923 film), Divot Diggers, Dogs is Dogs, Dogs of War (film), Dog Days (1925 film), Every Man for Himself (1924 film), Fast Company (1924 film), Feed 'em and Weep, Fire Fighters (film), Fish Hooky, Fly My Kite, Forgotten Babies, For Pete's Sake!, Free Eats, Free Wheeling, Giants vs. Yanks, Glove Taps, Good Cheer, Helping Grandma, Hi'-Neighbor!, High Society (1924 film), Hook and Ladder (1932 film), It's a Bear, Jubilo, Jr., July Days (film), Lazy Days (film), Little Daddy, Little Mother (1929 film), Little Papa, Little Sinner, Lodge Night, Love Business, Love My Dog, Mail and Female, Mama's Little Pirate, Mary, Queen of Tots, Mike Fright, Moan and Groan, Inc., Monkey Business (1926 film), Mush and Milk, Night 'n' Gales, Noisy Noises, No Noise, Official Officers, Olympic Games (film), One Terrible Day, One Wild Ride, Our Gang (film), Our Gang Follies of 1938, Pay as You Exit, Playin' Hookey, Pups Is Pups, Railroadin', Readin' and Writin', Roamin' Holiday, School's Out (1930 film), Second Childhood (film), Seein' Things, Seeing the World, Shivering Shakespeare, Shivering Spooks, Shootin' Injuns, Shrimps for a Day, Slightly Static, Small Talk (film), Spanky (film), Spook Spoofing, Sprucin' Up, Stage Fright (1923 film), Sunday Calm, Teacher's Beau, Teacher's Pet (1930 film), Telling Whoppers, Ten Years Old, The Awful Tooth, The Big Show (1923 film), The Big Town (1925 film), The Buccaneers (film), The Champeen, The Cobbler (film), The First Seven Years, The Fourth Alarm, The Glorious Fourth (film), The Holy Terror (1929 film), The Kid from Borneo, The Love Bug (1925 film), The Lucky Corner, The Mysterious Mystery!, The Pigskin Palooka, The Pooch, The Smile Wins, The Sun Down Limited, Three Smart Boys, Thundering Fleas, Tired Business Men, Tire Trouble, Two Too Young, Uncle Tom's Uncle, War Feathers, Washee Ironee, When the Wind Blows (1930 film), Wiggle Your Ears, Wild Poses, Young Sherlocks, Your Own Back Yard. Excerpt: One Terrible Day is a 1922 American silent short film, the first entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series to be released. Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara, the two-reel short was released to theaters in September 1922 by Pathe. 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 Pathe Our Gang comedies were sold t
