I remember watching them on television when I was not much older than the kids on-camera and falling in love with them. Yet there is an overriding charm and innocence to these shorts that saves the day.
(A pint-sized prizefight in Boxing Gloves plays out in total silence.). The pace of these talkies is slow and the use of sound is awkward, hesitant at best. We also get our first look at future star Jackie Cooper. There’s no sign of Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla or Buckwheat instead, we see series veterans from the silent era who are outgrowing their roles (like Allen “Farina” Hoskins and Joe Cobb) and meet relative newcomers like Bobby “Wheezer” Hutchins and Mary Ann Jackson. The eleven two-reelers compiled here aren’t representative of the series that most people remember. Donald “Speck” Haines fights a duel with Jackie Cooper for the hand of fairy princess Mary Ann Jackson in The First Seven Years.
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