A few home movie fragments (with several of the original English inter-titles) also exist. Another European print of the film exists with a few original English intertitles.
Long thought lost, a 35mm nitrate print was discovered in France (with French inter-titles) in 1991.
The other kids try to help Farina's poverty-stricken family. Only a heavily edited television print, and a short home movie fragment are known to exist. With this footage, a nearly complete print of the film has been put together and released on DVD by CW Films.įarina and the gang mistakenly think they've changed his sister into a monkey. Long thought lost, various elements were discovered in recent years. The only known existing footage is an edited television print and a few short home movie fragments.įarina finds himself getting into trouble whenever he leaves his backyard. It is unknown if the Newmeyer edit exists. A nearly complete reel 1 and a good portion of reel 2 of the McGowan edit exists (through home movie fragments released in both the United States and the United Kingdom). The second, a remake directed by Robert F. Newmeyer, was previewed but never officially released. The kids save a widowed woman's store from being taken away from her. Others went missing entirely, with some of the negatives rumored to have been destroyed in the infamous 1967 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vault fire.Īdditionally, several of the last handful of silent entries were released with a soundtrack recorded on a separate disc. For years, the "silents" were released through home movie companies and on television, but often in severely edited forms. However, many of the series' silent releases have not been as lucky. To date, all of the "talkies" have survived and been released on home video in their original uncut form.
The series consisted of eighty-eight silent short films, one hundred and thirty-two sound short films, and one feature-length sound film. The Our Gang Comedies (better known today as The Little Rascals) were a series of short subjects released theatrically between 19. Harvard", one of the handful of lost Our Gang films.Ī publicity still from "Edison, Marconi & Co.