Stumbled on this searching for episodes of The Little Rascals. I enjoyed that (smiled the whole time) and the adult male lead was funny and heartwarming, also felt a little sadness that wheezer died so young.
I've enjoyed every acting roll I've seen by James Gleason. I didn't know about this one. Thank You for posting it! My favorite scene: JG teaching Wheezer "The Lord's Prayer".
that was awesome. i dont know who that actor was but i love him now. jimmy Gleason? i hope you take comfort in the fact that even if your film deteriorates it is online forever. Black small pox indeed
I hope you've made several copies of this for posterity, Barry. I look at all the old silents which are classified as "lost" and it makes me tear up. What a tremendous loss for silent era film buffs. 😪
He really wasn't though. For reasons that will forever be left unknown it seems, he was prematurely fazed out of the series. Some have said that it was growing tensions between Wheezer's overbearing father and the studio heads, but that's only a rumor really. Whatever the reason, the bottom line is Wheezer had proven numerous times that he was more than capable of carrying an Our Gang short. He had so much personality, and an unmatched natural chemistry with his frequent costar Stymie Beard. Wheezer's slow fad into the background is always painful to watch, especially during the uneven Dickie Moore era.
I also heard about his father, I recently found out they were from my home town where his father worked as a grocer previously. I heard his father tried to keep him small by not feeding him so he could continue with the little kid roles for as long as possible, or some such story, I had been in The Sons of the Desert for years & met many Gang members & even Roach himself, but no one even seemed to know Robert Hutchinson was buried up here! I mean it was news to me & some of are members seem to ferret these things out. I know his parents were seperated & I thought he came back up here to live with his mother, but I may have to do some research & find out some more now!
Neither of those two men know the Lord's Prayer. Just as likely, the writer, director and producer didn't know it either. It isn't 'Now I lay me down to sleep...' SMH It begins 'Our Father who art in Heaven...'
Stumbled on this searching for episodes of The Little Rascals. I enjoyed that (smiled the whole time) and the adult male lead was funny and heartwarming, also felt a little sadness that wheezer died so young.
the boy on the little rascals
I've enjoyed every acting roll I've seen by James Gleason. I didn't know about this one.
Thank You for posting it! My favorite scene: JG teaching Wheezer "The Lord's Prayer".
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Cute. You know it's the early worm that gathers all the moss. Lol.
that was awesome. i dont know who that actor was but i love him now. jimmy Gleason? i hope you take comfort in the fact that even if your film deteriorates it is online forever. Black small pox indeed
Yes, preserving it with a digital version was the idea.
I hope you've made several copies of this for posterity, Barry. I look at all the old silents which are classified as "lost" and it makes me tear up. What a tremendous loss for silent era film buffs. 😪
This is an amazing find! Thanks for sharing! Sad for Wheezer here, as he was considered a bit too old for the Our Gang!
Billy Gilbert--HA!
He really wasn't though. For reasons that will forever be left unknown it seems, he was prematurely fazed out of the series. Some have said that it was growing tensions between Wheezer's overbearing father and the studio heads, but that's only a rumor really. Whatever the reason, the bottom line is Wheezer had proven numerous times that he was more than capable of carrying an Our Gang short. He had so much personality, and an unmatched natural chemistry with his frequent costar Stymie Beard. Wheezer's slow fad into the background is always painful to watch, especially during the uneven Dickie Moore era.
I also heard about his father, I recently found out they were from my home town where his father worked as a grocer previously. I heard his father tried to keep him small by not feeding him so he could continue with the little kid roles for as long as possible, or some such story, I had been in The Sons of the Desert for years & met many Gang members & even Roach himself, but no one even seemed to know Robert Hutchinson was buried up here! I mean it was news to me & some of are members seem to ferret these things out. I know his parents were seperated & I thought he came back up here to live with his mother, but I may have to do some research & find out some more now!
When Spanky was hired, Wheezer was slowly phased out. Spanky later upstaged everybody but Stymie.
Excellent stuff, Barry! Thanks very much for posting!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing this rarity!
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we need to see more.and realize the story hasten changed..great story..thank you.
This is a classic Short but classic
I really liked it also
This was just great!! Thanks so much for uploading :)))
Scoutcat is the woman anita garvin by any chance?
WHEEEEEEEZZZZERRRR!
Gotta love james! The hardest softest man. In all of movie dom!
I l❤️ ve little rascals all of them 💞🙋🏾♀️
Could the blonde at 8:49 by chance be Beatrice Curtis who played Charity in the Three Stooges short, "Back to the Woods"?
A 90 year old movie is still better then anything on TV today lol I see Dead people 🤣
Neither of those two men know the Lord's Prayer. Just as likely, the writer, director and producer didn't know it either. It isn't 'Now I lay me down to sleep...' SMH
It begins 'Our Father who art in Heaven...'
WOW you can definitely tell this is a pre-code movie! Pin ups, child abuse, gay characters, body odor.....
I'm her daughter hey daddy
4BeansInAPod i’m his daughter it should be haha.. hi dad :)