Series: Our Gang
Director: Robert F. McGowan, Tom McNamara
Producer: Hal Roach
Titles: H.M. Walker
Photography: Harry W. Gerstad, Len Powers
Editor: Thomas J. Crizer
Stars: Allen Hoskins, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, Mary Kornman, Jackie Condon, Joe Cobb, Ernest Morrison
Company: Pathé Exchange
Released: 01 July 1923
Length: 2 reels
Production No.: A-14
Filming dates: January 12 - February 10, 1923;retakes February 20-23 and April 11, 1923
Rating: -/10
Dogs Of War!
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The "war of Kelly's tomato patch" is in full swing, with the fearless "Stonewall Jackie", the leader of the periscope forces, keeping a lookout over the trenches in front of the West Coast Studios. The army of children, consisting of Ernie, Mickey, Joe, Farina and others, gather on the waste ground to do battle. Mary gives a sexy (can I say that, given she was only 7 at the time?) little wave to Mickey, as Jackie reports to Ernie and tells him the enemy are just two killameeters [sic] from the pump. The boys jump into a trench they have built for themselves and gather rocks to throw at their enemy. The opposition retreat briefly, across the barren ground. Farina spots a skunk and crawls after it into a small tunnel. The smell from the animal stinks out the place and the boys are told to get their gas marks on! The rocks are thrown between the two armies when Jack (Davis) is hit and needs to go to the makeshift hospital for treatment. Nurse Mary attends to Jack's wounded finger by shoving a large lightbulb into his mouth and monitoring his pulse with an alarm clock. Incensed that Mary is giving somebody else her attention, Mickey encourages one of the boys on the opposing army to fire over a tomato in his direction so that it would appear he is bloodied and can justify a visit to Mary too. Mickey takes the tomato in the face and reports to the sick bay, where Mary discharges an angry Jack and takes in Mickey. Jackie and Joe launch a catapult containing large boulders before the opposing army retaliate. The group decide to regroup after it is announced Farina has been killed four times, and so bring out a self-made tank, but unfortunately the games are abruptly halted when Mary's mother comes to take her away. Mary claims she has to leave because she is going to be an actress and work in the movies for $5, which leads the group of boys to want to do the same. So off they toddle, across the road from their battleground and into the West Coast Studios offices. Farina, followed by Mickey and Joe, all tell the man at the reception desk they want to work in films for five dollars a piece. REVIEW COMPLETE TO 10 MINUTES |
| Trivia • Copyrighted July 19, 1923. • Film #14 in the series. • Premiered June 10, 1923. • West Coast Studios is the setting of the film. • The firecracker lit by Ernie has the words "Big Chief" Salute printed on it. • The sick chart that Mary writes is inconsistent in its use of lettering. The letter R is written both normally and backwards for the words "chart" and "finger". The same goes for the letter C in "cut finger" and "Mickey". • The building used as the West Coast Studios is actually the Hal Roach Back Lot admin block. • The scene where the gang are running through the studio and interrupt the filming of a goofy hospital scene where a man is standing on a bed whacking another man on his bandaged head with a book, this was the filming of the Paul Parrott comedy The Smile Wins (1923). • The photograph on the wall in this scene with Roy Brooks is of Glen Cavender. |
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Allen Hoskins Private Farina |
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Mickey Daniels General Mickey |
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Jack Davis Radio corps Jack |
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Mary Kornman Nurse Mary |
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Jackie Condon Rear Admiral "Stonewall" Jackie |
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Joe Cobb Lieutenant Joe |
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Ernest Morrison Admiral Ernie |
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Andy Samuel Boy who throws tomato at Mickey |
George Warde Opposing army member |
Elmo Billings Opposing army member |
Gabe Saienz Opposing army member |
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Dick Gilbert Studio guard |
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William Gillespie Director, "Should Husbands Work?" |
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Charles Lloyd Film's photographer |
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Charles Stevenson Actor 'Dan' |
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Vera White Actress, mother of 'Little Clarice' |
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Harold Lloyd Himself |
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Jobyna Ralston Herself |
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Roy Brooks Receptionist |
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Ernest Morrison Sr. Crew member, "Should Husbands Work?" |
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Sammy Brooks Crew member, "Should Husbands Work?" |
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Owen Evans Assistant director, "Should Husbands Work?" |
Wallace Howe Actor around the lot |
Leo White Actor around the lot |
Fred C. Newmeyer Director of "Why Worry?" |
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Bob Davis Truck driver |
Walter Lundin Film's photographer |
Jack Hill Officer |
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Sam Lufkin Studio crewman |
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Clarence Morehouse Projectionist |
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James Parrott Hospital patient with bandaged head |
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Eddie Baker Angry hospital patient with book |
| Acknowledgements: The Little Rascals - The Life And Times Of Our Gang by Leonard Maltin & Richard W. Bann (book) http://www.theluckycorner.com/rps/014.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner) Matthew Lydick (screenshot - Bob Davis) Jesse Brisson (identification of Sam Lufkin, Clarence Morehouse) This page was last updated on: 28 June 2024 |