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Post by zootmoney on Jun 29, 2011 13:26:32 GMT -5
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 29, 2011 13:57:14 GMT -5
I'm not sure what to make of this. The description on the back of the photo says that she was in Our Gang with Carl Sandburg (who?). Normally, with the case of these "phonies", there's a good explanation about their Our Gang claims. The explanation usually involves appearing in a rival series that they thought was Our Gang. The only possible conclusion I can think of is that this lady is the type of imposter Maltin and Bann describe in their Rascals book.
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Post by zootmoney on Jun 29, 2011 14:26:46 GMT -5
it is carl Sandburg, the author. My guess is that most of these people do not realize they are not telling the truth. They were probably in a rival series, they were too young to remember anything, their parents told them they were on Our Gang, because they don't know the difference, and they find a picture that looks most like they did when they were small. This lady probably only remembered the name Darla, so she thought Darla was a recurring role played by a succession of kids. Too bad these newspapers ran the stories without checking any facts.
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Post by zootmoney on Jun 29, 2011 14:48:02 GMT -5
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Post by mickeygubitosifan on Jun 29, 2011 16:40:32 GMT -5
That's Carl Sandburg, the Lincoln biographer? Well, that's an interesting aside to Our Gang history. It really speaks to the popularity of the series and its stars that a renowned author such as Carl Sandburg would take the time to visit. It's also worth noting that the photo is from The Gang's silent years. I would have guessed that Carl Sandburg, given his close ties to Chicago, might have been more likely to visit during Carl Switzer's Our Gang tenure, since the Switzer brothers were originally from Paris, Illinois.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jun 29, 2011 16:50:41 GMT -5
Don Law/Fats (not to be confused with Fats Waller) looks somewhat familiar (in fact, is it just me, or does he look a little bit like Grady Sutton?). I might have seen Law in a few of the rival series, but I can't be too sure. That's Carl Sandburg, the Lincoln biographer? Well, that's an interesting aside to Our Gang history. It really speaks to the popularity of the series and its stars that a renowned author such as Carl Sandburg would take the time to visit. True. The fact that few of these "imposters" actually claim that they were actually in rival shorts also speaks to Our Gang's popularity. Part of that, I'm sure is because Our Gang actually remained in the public's eye long after it ended, which few of the other 'kids' series did. The Mickey McGuire shorts were supposedly re-released to theaters well into the 1940s. In addition, the McGuire series and other rivals were frequently released into the home movie market and to TV (sometimes billed as Our Gang shorts). |
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