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The following is a complete list of the 221 Our Gang films produced by Hal Roach Studios and/or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1922 and 1944, in order of release. "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr ( January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and All but the sole feature film General Spanky were part of the short subjects series; these 220 films are number as such. General Spanky is a 1936 Motion picture produced by Hal Roach. Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema.

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1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944

The Roach/Pathé silents

These two-reel silent Our Gang shorts were produced by Hal Roach Studios and distributed to theaters by Pathé. This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records. This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records.

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The Roach/MGM silents

These silent Our Gang shorts were produced by Hal Roach Studios and distributed to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. High Society ( 1956) is Musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in VistaVision and Technicolor with music and lyrics Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Events Top grossing films The Big Parade Ben-Hur The Freshman Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Events August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film Don Juan. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Thundering Fleas is a 1926 Our Gang film featuring Oliver Hardy and directed by Robert F Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Seeing the World is a silent Our Gang film featuring Stan Laurel, directed by Robert F Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Baby Brother is a 1927 Our Gang short film featuring Oliver Hardy. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed All films are two reels (20 minutes) long, except Spook Spoofing, which is three reels (30 minutes) long. Shorts marked with an asterisk (*) were originally released with a synchronized music and sound effects track.

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The Roach/MGM talkies (The Little Rascals)

These sound Our Gang shorts were produced by Hal Roach Studios and distributed to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all These 80 films, excepting some that are banned for content, are the Our Gang shorts that King World Productions have packaged and syndicated as The Little Rascals. King World Productions Inc (also known as King World Entertainment or simply King World) was a syndicator of television programming in the United States In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. All shorts through Arbor Day in 1936 are two reels long except Small Talk, which is three reels long.

(*) denotes a film that was banned from television and deleted from the Little Rascals package, whether from the outset of the series' television debut or in later years. Rationale for most of the films' edits are given; the usual reason was to remove stereotypical humor or insensitive references to African Americans, Asian Americans, or Jewish Americans. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian American Jews, or Jewish Americans Films were restored for home video release in the 1990s.

(**) denotes a film that was aired in an edited television print, whether from the outset of the series' television debut or in later years, for reasons given. Films were restored for home video release in the 1990s.

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All shorts from Bored of Education on are one-reel (ten minutes) long, unless otherwise noted. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Events Top grossing films Tom Sawyer Whoopee! Common Clay Check Shivering Shakespeare ( 1930) is an Our Gang short film made in late 1929 and released to theatres on January 25, 1930. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Pups Is Pups is a two-reel Comedy Short subject; part of the Our Gang (Little Rascals series Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Teacher's Pet ( 1930) is a two-reel Comedy Short subject; part of the Our Gang (Little Rascals series Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events Top grossing films Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Events British Film Institute founded March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Mush and Milk is a Comedy Short subject; part of the Our Gang (Little Rascals series Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Wild Poses is two-reel (twenty minute Short subject in the Our Gang (a Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon Also in 1936, an Our Gang feature film (six reels), General Spanky, was released. General Spanky is a 1936 Motion picture produced by Hal Roach.

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The MGM talkies

These sound Our Gang shorts were produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Bored of Education is a one-reel Comedy Short film; part of the Our Gang (Little Rascals series Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat General Spanky is a 1936 Motion picture produced by Hal Roach. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. The year 1937 in film involved some significant events Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Our Gang Follies of 1938 (later reissued as simply Follies of 1938) is a 1937 musical Short subject, the 161st short Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries

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Cameos/appearances in other films

Our Gang as a unit appeared in a handful of other Hal Roach films, and in a few outside productions as well. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Dancing Romeo is a one-reel Comedy Short film; part of the Our Gang (Little Rascals series Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.

Home videos

Blackhawk/Republic releases

For many years, Blackhawk Films released 79 of the 80 Roach talkies on 16 mm film. The sound discs for Railroading' had been lost since the 1940s, and a silent print was made available for home movie release until 1982, when the film's sound discs were located in the MGM vault and the short was restored with sound. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Like the television prints, Blackhawk's Little Rascals reissues featured custom-created title cards in place of the original Our Gang logos, as per MGM's 1949 arrangement with Hal Roach not to distribute the series under its original title.

In 1983, with the VHS home video market growing, Blackhawk began distributing Little Rascals VHS tapes available through catalogue only. 67 sound shorts were made available across twenty-two VHS volumes, three shorts to a tape.

Republic Pictures purchased Blackhawk in 1983, and continued the catalogue releases while also making The Little Rascals available on retail home video collections in 1984. Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution 30 Little Rascals shorts were released in a set of five VHS compilations, with six shorts to a volume: Little Rascals Comedy Classics 1, Little Rascals Comedy Classics 2, Best of the Little Rascals, Little Rascals on Parade, and Adventures of Little Rascals. In addition, Republic made the first two catalogue volumes available for retail.

Twelve more Little Rascals shorts made their way to home video through Spotlite Video in 1986. Meanwhile, MGM released 20 of its 52 Our Gang shorts in a five-volume VHS set with four shorts per tape.

In 1991, Republic repackaged 30 Little Rascals shorts for a fifteen-volume VHS set, with two shorts per tape. By this point, 13 Hal Roach talkies had still not been made available on home video.

Cabin Fever/Hallmark releases

In 1993, Republic sold the home video rights to the 80 sound Roach shorts and some of the available silent shorts to Cabin Fever Entertainment. Cabin Fever also acquired the rights to use the original Our Gang title cards and MGM logos, and for the first time in over 50 years, the Roach sound Our Gang comedies could be commercially exhibited in their original format. In June 1994, Cabin Fever released a 12-volume set of Little Rascals VHS tapes, hosted by Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American Film critic and Film Historian. With four shorts per tape, Cabin Fever made 48 Roach sound shorts available for purchase, uncut and with digitally restored and remastered picture and sound.

Due to the success of these volumes, Cabin Fever released nine more volumes in June 1995, which made the other 32 Roach talkies available for purchase (some of which had never been made available for home exhibition before). Cabin Fever began pressing DVD versions of their first 12 Little Rascals VHS volumes (with the contents of two VHS volumes included on each DVD), but went bankrupt before the release and sold their catalog to Hallmark Entertainment. RHI Entertainment is an American producer of Television movies and Miniseries, founded in the 1980s by Robert Halmi Jr

In April 2000, Hallmark cleaned out their warehouse, making all available DVDs and VHS tapes available for retail, but never did an official launch of the Cabin Fever Little Rascals DVDs. In August, the first 10 volumes were re-released on VHS with new packaging, and the first two volumes were released on DVD as The Little Rascals: Volumes 1-2.

In 2003, the VHS tapes went out of print. That spring, Hallmark issued a DVD called Little Rascals Vols. 3–4, which actually did not completely compile volumes three and four of the Cabin Fever VHS set. On November 13, 2005, ten more Little Rascals shorts were issued on a DVD entitled Little Rascals Collectors Edition III. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

In 2006, Legend Films released colorized versions of fifteen Our Gang comedies, which were released across three Little Rascals DVDs.

Public domain

The following Our Gang comedies are in the public domain, and have turned up on many different VHS and DVD releases over the years. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone (Somewhat questionably, some other titles have turned up in unauthorized VHS and DVD editions. )

In-print Little Rascals DVDs (excluding public domain releases)

External links

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