They knew what comedy was back then, while the situations were audacious and periculous for the kids; we do get marvelous entertainment. Today's feckless, hyper choreographed comedy is mawkish in comparison, it lacks the spirit of precarity. This is the very quality I seek in these films.
WOW, amazing stuff, clearly the kids are in the engineer's seat for parts of it. You can see that many of these shots are backwards, stading right before the actor would be peril n real life thenthe locomotive is move away and then played in reverse. Still, that kid was CEARLY in real danger while filming this, something that would never be allowed to happen today. It's a shame that so much of these classic comedy bits rarel see the light of day now in the name of Political Correctness.
That was filmed at Redondo Jct roundhouse!! ATSF Railroad. The original turntable is there along with the interlocking tower (built in 1906) and an old crew office from that period. Incredible historic footage!!.
I could not stop laughing! The part when his hair stands up before the train comes cracks me up. The Little Rascals is truly a classic!
paytre94 2 weeks ago
back in the day whare you could just let kids do whatever they wanted unsupervised...
Fis10n 3 months ago
Farina kicks ass!!!
tomtom1484 3 months ago
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Thank god for Child labor laws.
IHateStaleCrackers 3 months ago
Liked the clip. But after that train started running over poor Farina a third time, I'm staying "Enough already! Get him the hell outta there!"
WSenator1 3 months ago
Its amazing theyd out kids in that environment.
LLAACountyJail 3 months ago
The cast list for this at IMDb is incomplete. Who's the older black boy standing at the far left at 2:19? Doesn't look like Ernie Morrison.
dadoctah 4 months ago
I never saw this 'silent' before...... outstanding. How did these young kids act so well??? great background info......
wastemgmt07 4 months ago
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This has been added to our playlists here, and on facebook, thank you...
PoetryETrain 5 months ago
Great memories. Remember this growing up. Forget the crappy reality shows, this is TIMELESS
evilunixuser1 11 months ago
They knew what comedy was back then, while the situations were audacious and periculous for the kids; we do get marvelous entertainment. Today's feckless, hyper choreographed comedy is mawkish in comparison, it lacks the spirit of precarity. This is the very quality I seek in these films.
Loafer3211 1 year ago
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Loafer3211 1 year ago
WOW, amazing stuff, clearly the kids are in the engineer's seat for parts of it. You can see that many of these shots are backwards, stading right before the actor would be peril n real life thenthe locomotive is move away and then played in reverse. Still, that kid was CEARLY in real danger while filming this, something that would never be allowed to happen today. It's a shame that so much of these classic comedy bits rarel see the light of day now in the name of Political Correctness.
Willysmb44 1 year ago
woah! i never caught farina that young, and then again I never really watched all the Hal Roach silent films
heshinator1 1 year ago
Fantastic pre -Spanky & -Falfa silent OUR GANG short. Thanks for posting.
markybgoode 1 year ago
That was filmed at Redondo Jct roundhouse!! ATSF Railroad. The original turntable is there along with the interlocking tower (built in 1906) and an old crew office from that period. Incredible historic footage!!.
WheelSlip8 1 year ago 2
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Excellent background info. Thank you.
ikachina 1 year ago
0.44 seconds in is the funniest thing ive ever seen. as politically incorrect as it was, i prefer this to the crap they feed kids these days.
edslides 2 years ago 4
Memories... *grin* my son will love this just because of the train. I hope as he gets older though he learns to appreciate film like this.
- Heidi
blackcat2enterprises 2 years ago 4