I can speak for two of them. According to Bann and Maltin's review of this film in "Our Gang: The life and Times of the Little Rascals," at about 4:59, Farina asks Uncle Tom/Tom Wilson (more on him in a minute) where does he get all of this food, and Tom points to the sign that says, "The Lord Will Provide." Then at about 9:45, one of the cooks asks the other what should they do with the chickens. The other replies "Cut off their heads and we'll eat them for breakfast." Farina overhears this and thinks the cooks are talking about cannibalizing the gang, which explains the conflict in the second half. Incidentally, Tom Wilson ( the white actor who plays Uncle Tom in blackface) within a few months would play another blackface role in a feature film called "Ham and Eggs at the Front," which by all accounts was an outrageously tasteless "comedy" about two black soldiers ( in blackface played by Wilson and Heinie Conklin) and their misadventures with a "black" female spy (Myrna Loy in blackface). Miss Loy later expressed regret and embarrassment over this latter film and judging from the surviving advertisements and stills, it's easy to see why.
The white man in blackface is Tom Wilson. Around the same time he played a similar role as a (supposedly) black World War I solider in a comedy called "Ham and Eggs at the Front" in which Myrna Loy (who played the female lead also in blackface) lived to regret. That film is now lost.
The Solent’s’ were awesome, but Roach couldn’t find a man that was black to cover the part of the tiny kids dad???? …. Farina was so darn cute when he was a toddler. Wheezer too.
Geoff you've done a wonderful job of this. I wish there were more of the title cards available but it's good to see most of the film is there.
Thanks! I’ve waited a long time to see this-especially as it features Mrs. Emmons in her first OG appearance! I only wish I knew what the titles were.
You're welcome. I wish I had the rest of the titles as well.
I can speak for two of them. According to Bann and Maltin's review of this film in "Our Gang: The life and Times of the Little Rascals," at about 4:59, Farina asks Uncle Tom/Tom Wilson (more on him in a minute) where does he get all of this food, and Tom points to the sign that says, "The Lord Will Provide." Then at about 9:45, one of the cooks asks the other what should they do with the chickens. The other replies "Cut off their heads and we'll eat them for breakfast." Farina overhears this and thinks the cooks are talking about cannibalizing the gang, which explains the conflict in the second half. Incidentally, Tom Wilson ( the white actor who plays Uncle Tom in blackface) within a few months would play another blackface role in a feature film called "Ham and Eggs at the Front," which by all accounts was an outrageously tasteless "comedy" about two black soldiers ( in blackface played by Wilson and Heinie Conklin) and their misadventures with a "black" female spy (Myrna Loy in blackface). Miss Loy later expressed regret and embarrassment over this latter film and judging from the surviving advertisements and stills, it's easy to see why.
@Joe Battiloro no one alive has seen it. It's been lost since 1927, so we'll never know.
Classic Our Gang short I heard was lost...nice to see it salvaged tho wonder if it's beyond restoration.
should have stayed lost. Ultimate turkey.
The white man in blackface is Tom Wilson. Around the same time he played a similar role as a (supposedly) black World War I solider in a comedy called "Ham and Eggs at the Front" in which Myrna Loy (who played the female lead also in blackface) lived to regret. That film is now lost.
@Joe Battiloro So there were no actual black actors who needed work at that time?
OMG ….😳🤦
The Solent’s’ were awesome, but Roach couldn’t find a man that was black to cover the part of the tiny kids dad???? …. Farina was so darn cute when he was a toddler. Wheezer too.
“ Uncle Tom” …..Jew wiz🙄
The little racist Gang .avi
It is what it is - get used to it.
I think considering the time they were ahead of thier time. Black and White kids playing together. That was a good start.