Matthew Beard

Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty years of classic Our Gang comedies to tickle your funny bone and includes rarely seen silent footage. See Alfalfa sing "The Barber of Seville" at the "Our Gang Follies" and Chubby grease Wheezer with Limburger, plus a 1930s bicycle commercial starring Spanky and a 1950s reunion on "You Asked for It". Come join Spanky, Buckwheat, Jackie, Mickey, Farina, Darla, Froggy, Mary, Joe Cobb and many more for the marathon of mirthful moments with the Little Rascals, a must-have for your comedy collection.

Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 episodes of Hal Roach's inimitable brand of childhood magic. This fascinating video offers insight into the Gang's personal lives, as rare footage follows each member's career through the joys and misfortunes that went along with being one of America's most beloved kids. See how the series began in 1922 and changed after the first all-talking release in 1929, why Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney never made the Gang, a fifteenth anniversary reunion, and clips from their only feature.

A behind the scenes look at Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, complete with interviews from several former cast and crew members of the series.

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.

The Most Memorable Adventures from the "Our Gang Comedies" aka "The Little Rascals", Narrated By Jerry Lewis, Music by Nelson Riddle.

Spanky and Porky try to figure out a way to get their mother a winter coat for Christmas after she buys them a Blue Comet electric train.

Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses because it ain't groovy enough.

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.

Трак Тернер, бывший профессиональный футболист, который становится охотником за головами (вместе со своим партнером Джерри), разыскивает сутенера, уклоняющегося от оплаты залога, в Лос-Анджелесе, штат Калифорния. После перестрелки, где Трак должен использовать смертоносную силу, чтобы убить сутенера, Тернер становится заметным человеком и мишенью для наемных убийц.

This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.

Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.

Отважные парашютисты-десантники Рип Мердок и Джонни Дрейк возвращаются с фронта, Конгресс США представил их к наградам, и на вокзале их встречают журналисты, собирающиеся опубликовать материал о героях войны. Завидев репортеров, Джонни неожиданно в панике бежит, Рип начинает его поиски и попадает в такой переплет, по сравнению с которым война — прогулка. Следы друга приводят Рипа в маленький городок Галф Сити, откуда Джонни бежал 2 года назад после обвинения в убийстве некоего Чендлера, и куда, похоже, вновь вернулся сейчас. Что же заставило его так рисковать, ведь полиция до сих пор мечтает усадить его за решетку: то ли желание найти настоящего убийцу и снять с себя подозрения, то ли страсть к вдове погибшего — сногсшибательной красотке Корэл Чендлер? Оказавшись в Галф Сити, Рип оказывается в самом эпицентре череды убийств и, преследуемый и полицией и гангстерами, вынужден яростно сражаться за свою жизнь…

Эрика Стентона высаживают из автобуса в прибрежном Калифорнийском городке Уолтоне, поскольку он не может оплатить проезд. Встретив роскошную официантку Стелу, Эрик решает остаться в Уолтоне на некоторое время…

Dancing great Bill Williamson sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: Just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and Bill and Selina's rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to settle down. Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Scott) Belle Shirley (Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation amongst the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.

Фрэнк клянется отомстить за предательское убийство брата. Но Фрэнку нужны деньги, и он идет на ограбление. Издатель ведущей газеты городка посылает журналистку Элинор Стоун добыть эксклюзивный материал…

After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing music to classical.

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.

In the pre-Civil War South, a plantation owner dies and leaves all his possessions, including his slaves, to his young son. While the deceased treated his slaves decently, his corrupt executor abuses them unmercifully, beating them without provocation, and he is planning to sell off the father'e estate--including the slaves--at the earliest opportunity so he and his mistress can steal the money and move to France. The young boy doesn't want to sell his father's estate or break up an of the slave families, and he has to find someone to help him thwart the crooked executor's plans.

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.

A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her society-club activities and her father is immersed in his business activities. She also feels that the household staff is against her and that no one understands her needs and problems. Things spiral out of control.

1852-й год. Новый Орлеан. Великосветская красавица Джули Марсден готовится выйти замуж за молодого политика и банкира Престона Дилларда. Однако, поругавшись с ним, Джулии назло своему жениху появляется в красном платье на ежегодном, престижном «Олимпийском» балу. Поскольку незамужние девушки в свет должны выходить только в белом, светское общество шокировано выходкой Джули. Престон расторгает помолвку и уезжает на Север. Спустя год, он возвращается в Нью-Орлеан с молодой женой. В городе бушует эпидемия желтой лихорадки, общество парализовано паникой и страхом, а у Джули появляется шанс доказать Престону свою любовь…

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.

A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.

A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.

Members of the Hall Johnson Choir play members of a church congregation in the deep South in 1936. THey hold an open-air tent-and-camp meeting in order to raise the funds needed to send the church pastor, played by Clinton Rosemond, to a church conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.

Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.

Англия конца XVII века, междоусобные войны в самом разгаре. Доктора Питера Блада ошибочно причисляют к мятежникам и отправляют в рабство на плантации Ямайки. Там он быстро приобретает смертельного врага в лице губернатора Ямайки полковника Бишопа, но завоёвывает сердце его прекрасной племянницы Арабеллы. Питеру с друзьями удаётся бежать с острова, захватив испанский корабль, и вскоре он становится самым знаменитым и удачливым пиратом Карибского бассейна. Но ни морские сражения, ни охота за сокровищами — ничто не даёт забыть благородному пирату образ его возлюбленной…

Сокровищница банды доверена Спанки, который случайно смешивает её с деньгами своего отца.

Spanky's mother's pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.

A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.

Богатый мальчик Уолдо пачкает свою одежду, играя в футбол с бандой, как раз перед тем, как ему нужно пойти на светскую вечеринку своей матери. Банда пытается помочь ему очиститься.

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.

The gang attends a radio station amateur show.

Уолли (богатый парень из нашей банды) привозит домой своего ручного мула и вместе с бандой возвращается домой.

Банда собирается в поход в Черри-Крик в двух милях от их дома, но для них это пустыня. Когда наступает ночь, уханье совы и кваканье лягушек вызывают в воображении призраков. Когда начинается гроза, все бегут домой.

The kids try to raise money to buy a doll for Marianne.

Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.

The gang decides to build their own fire engine.

Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.

Родители Спанки берут своего упрямого мальчика, чтобы чопорный фотограф сделал его портрет.

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.

Банда идёт на цирковое представление, чтобы навестить дядю Дики и Спанки, ошибочно полагая, что он «Дикий человек из Борнео».

Патрульный офицер полиции замечает детей в парке развлечений. Они пытаются убежать от него.

Дикки устраивает вечеринку по случаю дня рождения, чтобы попытаться собрать деньги, чтобы купить маме подарок на день рождения.

Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.

Банда, играя в пожарных, натыкается на настоящий пожар.

Банда пытается спасти Пити от ловца собак.

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."

Дети помогают поймать семью воров.

Tired of going to school, Breezy comes up with a plan to get himself expelled.

The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.

Spanky, Buckwheat, Porky and all of the Little Rascals at their hilarious best! All films in this fantastic collection have been fully-restored and are presented here in beautiful COLOR! 1. Fly My Kite, 2. A Lad an' a Lamp, 3. Kid From Borneo, 4. Hi Neighbor, 5. Hide and Shriek

Жадный мужчина пытается избавиться от своей матери, поместив её в дом престарелых, пока не обнаруживает, что у неё целое состояние на сертификатах акций.

Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.

У Нормы Ширер на балу украли жемчужное ожерелье. Детектив принимается искать пропажу, опрашивая всех подряд кинозвёзд.

Фарина планирует прощальную вечеринку для Стайми, поскольку власти готовятся поместить его в приют.

Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.

Бабушка детей принимает решение продать свой магазин, но не может решить, кому его продать. Дети пытаются ей помочь.

The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit, the children mistake him for a suitor. The children tell abominable lies about Miss Crabtree to try to discourage the man. Meanwhile, one of the children is selling answers to the upcoming oral exam. Unfortunately for the students, the young entrepreneur used a book of minstrelsy and blackface as his source for the "answers".

Джеки готовит серию сложных шуток для своего нового учителя.

Урожай хлопка в семье Зика удался. Поскольку Зик - старший мужчина в семье, ему выпадает привилегия отправиться с партией товара в город. Он берет с собой младшего брата Задиру. В городе он встречает девушку по имени Чик и быстро оказывается околдован ее красотой так же, как она околдована его деньгами. Она знакомит его с Позером, своим любовником, и тот втягивает Зика в партию в кости; Зик теряет все имущество. Вскоре он замечает, что его партнер - шулер. В кафе затевается драка. Зик открывает огонь из револьвера, и шальная пуля убивает Задиру. Зик возвращается домой без гроша, везя в телеге вместо товара тело брата. Его не перестает терзать совесть. Его отец, пастор, утешает его как может, и в этот момент Зик принимает решение стать проповедником. Чик попадает на его проповедь. Поначалу ей смешно, но постепенно ее начинают притягивать и вести за собой красноречие и сила убеждения Зика.

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel

Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community.

Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.

For generations, Our Gang comedies have been enjoyed by millions of fans the world over. Now, celebrate the 100th anniversary of this iconic and beloved film series . In 1922, producer Hal Roach introduced the kiddie troupe known as “Our Gang” to theater audiences and kicked off one of the most popular and prolific franchises in the field of short subjects, with 220 one- and two-reel comedies released over a twenty-two year period. This 6-disc set is a must-have for any true Our Gang fan.