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Post by mtw12055 on Jan 9, 2016 15:43:57 GMT -5
Despite the dreariness level of the series by this time, I'd have liked for it to continue until the end of the Second World War, if purely for historical reasons! I honestly feel the awareness that Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas would've likely had to be replaced for the 1944-45 cinematic season, might have been a slight additional factor in the termination of the 'Our Gang' series! CHEERS! I felt like that "Big Shot" kid (the younger, unidentified one, not Cordell Hickman from "Tale of a Dog") was being groomed as Buckwheat's eventual replacement, though that's merely a theory. But I definitely felt that Dickie Hall was being groomed for 'Our Gang' stardom. He wouldn't have added much to the Gang. He was just another overly cute kid from the MGM School of 'Child' Acting.
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Post by tboneator64 on Jan 9, 2016 17:53:32 GMT -5
Despite the dreariness level of the series by this time, I'd have liked for it to continue until the end of the Second World War, if purely for historical reasons! I honestly feel the awareness that Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas would've likely had to be replaced for the 1944-45 cinematic season, might have been a slight additional factor in the termination of the 'Our Gang' series! CHEERS! I felt like that "Big Shot" kid (the younger, unidentified one, not Cordell Hickman from "Tale of a Dog") was being groomed as Buckwheat's eventual replacement, though that's merely a theory. But I definitely felt that Dickie Hall was being groomed for 'Our Gang' stardom. He wouldn't have added much to the Gang. He was just another overly cute kid from the MGM School of 'Child' Acting. In my opinion, those aren't unreasonable assumptions. Among the many problems associated with the MGM incarnation of the series, was the woeful casting of successors. I've little doubt that the continued progression of dreariness would have been the inevitable outcome had the series continued further, and might well have produced something even worse than LITTLE MISS PINKERTON, which was quite bad enough! Financial realities aside, after more than 21 years, the 'Our Gang' series had simply been run into the ground! CHEERS!
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Post by mtw12055 on Feb 28, 2016 16:19:17 GMT -5
Apparently, "Pleurisy" was originally going to be called "Aroma," as mentioned in this Motion Picture News article.
Unless it's referring to Mango, in which case the actress wasn't "new," nor was she "two years of age."
Did Allen Hoskins have any other siblings besides Jannie?
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Post by farina on Feb 28, 2016 21:34:28 GMT -5
Apparently, "Pleurisy" was originally going to be called "Aroma," as mentioned in this Motion Picture News article. Unless it's referring to Mango, in which case the actress wasn't "new," nor was she "two years of age." Did Allen Hoskins have any other siblings besides Jannie? None that I have been able to discover. As far as I know Jannie was the only one and certainly the only other Hoskins to appear in a Hal Roach comedy.
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Post by tboneator64 on Feb 29, 2016 3:51:13 GMT -5
Apparently, "Pleurisy" was originally going to be called "Aroma," as mentioned in this Motion Picture News article. Unless it's referring to Mango, in which case the actress wasn't "new," nor was she "two years of age." Did Allen Hoskins have any other siblings besides Jannie? None that I have been able to discover. As far as I know Jannie was the only one and certainly the only other Hoskins to appear in a Hal Roach comedy. Pleurisy? Aroma? There just wasn't any great improvement of nickname for Allen's sister, was there? ![:P](http://talk.livedaily.com/images/ld/smilies/tongue.gif)
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