The Big Show (1923 film)
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The Big Show is the ninth Our Gang
short subject
comedy released. The Our Gang series (later known as "The Little Rascals") was created by Hal Roach
in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
Our Gang
Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...
short subject
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
comedy released. The Our Gang series (later known as "The Little Rascals") was created by Hal Roach
Hal Roach
Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...
in 1922, and continued production until 1944.
Cast
- Jackie CondonJackie CondonJohn Michael "Jackie" Condon was an American child actor who was a regular on the Our Gang short series during the Pathé silent era.-Career:...
- Jackie - Ernie MorrisonErnie MorrisonErnest Fredric "Ernie" Morrison was an American child actor who performed under the stage name "Sunshine Sammy"...
- Booker T. (Sunshine Sammy) / Uncle Tom - Allen Hoskins - Farina
- Mickey DanielsMickey DanielsRichard "Mickey" Daniels, Jr. was a juvenile actor. Signed by Hal Roach in 1923, he was, along with fat Joe Cobb, scruffy Jackie Condon, pretty Mary Kornman, and smiling "Sunshine Sammy" , a regular in the popular Our Gang comedies.-Biography:The red-haired, gap-toothed, freckled whipper snapper...
- Mickey / Douglas Fairbanks - Jack DavisJack Davis (actor)Jackie Davis , a native of Los Angeles, California, was an American child actor, notable for appearing in Hal Roach's Our Gang series. His sister Mildred Davis also acted; she appeared in Roach comedian Harold Lloyd's films as his leading lady...
- Jack / William S. Hart - Joe CobbJoe CobbJoe Frank Cobb was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929...
- Joe - Andy SamuelAndy SamuelAndy Samuel , a native of Los Angeles, California, was a child actor who appeared in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1923 to 1925.-External links:...
- Andy / Charlie Chaplin - Mary KornmanMary KornmanMary Kornman was an American child actress who was the leading female star of the Our Gang series during the Pathé silent era.-Our Gang:...
- Mary / Mary Pickford - Roy BrooksRoy BrooksRoy Brooks was an American hard bop jazz drummer.-Biography:Brooks was born in Detroit and drummed since childhood. He was an outstanding varsity basketball player as a teenager and was offered a scholarship to the Detroit Institute of Technology; he attended the school for three semesters and...
- De Rues - Dick GilbertDick GilbertDick Gilbert , was an American actor mainly associated with the Hal Roach Studios,where he appeared in numerous Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy comedies...
- Security guard - Dinah the Mule - Herself