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Little Rascals
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Actor Biography:"The Little Rascals" is the television title given to the "Our Gang" two-reel comedies produced by "Hal Roach" in the '20s and '30s. While he'd always wanted to make a series of comedies with children, Roach was not fond of cutesy "professional kids." He hit upon the "Our Gang" notion one morning in 1922 while watching a bunch of kids arguing over a piece of wood. The thought struck him that if he was fascinated with children behaving like real kids rather than miniature adults, audiences would be equally fascinated. The first film in the series, "Our Gang", was lensed in 1922: The first of the group were African-American child actor "Sunshine Sammy Morrison" (already a popular "Hal Roach" contractee) and white kids "Jackie Condon", "Peggy Cartwright", "Mickey Daniels", and "Mary Kornman". Before 1923 was half over, two more early "Our Gang" stalwarts, fat "Joe Cobb" and black infant Allen... Full Biography
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