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Post by myhomeo on Aug 23, 2010 17:20:58 GMT -5
Ah. I thought I'd read Kendall played Mickey's Kid Brudder, but obviously either I or my source was mistaken. If he was Stinky in the earliest sound shorts, I might have seen him in the role. If so, it's an amusing contrast from Breezy; Stinky early on is played as the ultimate simpering sissy. As mentioned, have seen a few McGuire shorts. I'd gladly watch more but I can definitely understand why they didn't catch on the way the Gang did in revivals; frankly, they strike me as a little slapdash, to put it mildly. I guess one can compare their grungy feel to the early Popeye cartoons. Have also seen a few of the Fontaine Fox Toonerville Trolley cartoons, both the actual comic strip and the animated cartoons. As far as I can tell, a lot of the characters taken from the comic strip weren't originally supposed to be pals; they were just stuck together in the films. Mickey, of course, was a little toughie who ruled the kids in the neighborhood with an iron fist. I remember one picture where he's 'swimming', sitting in a puddle, derby hat in place, with a circle of boys standing around the puddle, guarding against intruders. NOONE bothers Mickey while he's swimming.  Stinky, meanwhile, was the "poor little rich boy" nobody liked; they had to toughen him up considerably to make him the villain. Weirdest change of all was Katink, whom I guess is supposed to be based on Katinka, or maybe her son or something. Katinka was a huge, good-natured immigrant woman with superhuman strength and the catch-phrase, "I feex!" At least, that's how I remember it. |
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Post by RJH on Aug 23, 2010 20:25:11 GMT -5
18 months maybe? She was Stymie's little sister and, at least according to IMDb, played Buckwheat a couple of times during Buckwheat's feminine stage, most notably in For Pete's Sake. Below is her SS death entry: BEARD, CARLENA 19 Mar 1930 Feb 1972 41 (not specified) (none specified) California 564-14-1278 I apologize, I meant Willie Mae Taylor, confusing the early Buckwheats. IMDb says she was born December 19, 1915, making her 18 years and some months when she played Buckwheat in 1934. |
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Post by jrock on Feb 24, 2016 15:15:46 GMT -5
As far as Carlena Beard (or Stymie for that matter), their presumed birthdates were from before African Americans were granted things like birth certificates and birth records. Many black people were delivered by midwives since there were many bigoted hospitals would not accept their mother as a patient. This is how Bessie Smith died. Times sure have changed since 1964.
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Post by mtw12055 on Mar 16, 2016 0:11:40 GMT -5
From the 1931-1932 edition of "Screenland"
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Post by rascalstooge on Mar 28, 2016 13:37:07 GMT -5
Wasn't Leon Janney also a teen when he did his only OG/LR appearance?
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Post by tboneator64 on Mar 28, 2016 15:26:59 GMT -5
Wasn't Leon Janney also a teen when he did his only OG/LR appearance? Depending on the shooting dates, Leon would have been around 13 (Birthdate: April 1, 1917) when BEAR SHOOTERS (Released May 17, 1930) was made. A bit off topic, but still on the subject of age, although it was apparently unbeknownst to Hal Roach at the time, Norman "Chubby" Chaney, who was groomed to replace an aging Joe Cobb in 1929, was actually a full 2 years older than Joe! Their actual ages were 14 and 12, respectively. Norman's reported year of birth at the time was 1918, but 1914 (October 18) has since been cited as his actual birth year! CHEERS!  |
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Post by mtw12055 on Mar 28, 2016 20:23:12 GMT -5
Wasn't Leon Janney also a teen when he did his only OG/LR appearance? Depending on the shooting dates, Leon would have been around 13 (Birthdate: April 1, 1917) when BEAR SHOOTERS (Released May 17, 1930) was made. A bit off topic, but still on the subject of age, although it was apparently unbeknownst to Hal Roach at the time, Norman "Chubby" Chaney, who was groomed to replace an aging Joe Cobb in 1929, was actually a full 2 years older than Joe! Their actual ages were 14 and 12, respectively. Norman's reported year of birth at the time was 1918, but 1914 (October 18) has since been cited as his actual birth year! CHEERS! If we're to get anal retentive accurate with the shooting dates, "Bear Shooters" was filmed from Dec. 1929 through Jan. 1930. Therefore, Leon was still 12 during his brief stay. |
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Post by tboneator64 on Mar 28, 2016 22:48:13 GMT -5
Depending on the shooting dates, Leon would have been around 13 (Birthdate: April 1, 1917) when BEAR SHOOTERS (Released May 17, 1930) was made. A bit off topic, but still on the subject of age, although it was apparently unbeknownst to Hal Roach at the time, Norman "Chubby" Chaney, who was groomed to replace an aging Joe Cobb in 1929, was actually a full 2 years older than Joe! Their actual ages were 14 and 12, respectively. Norman's reported year of birth at the time was 1918, but 1914 (October 18) has since been cited as his actual birth year! CHEERS! If we're to get anal retentive accurate with the shooting dates, "Bear Shooters" was filmed from Dec. 1929 through Jan. 1930. Therefore, Leon was still 12 during his brief stay. I think with Leon Janney, he looked a bit older than his actual age. That Norman "Chubby" Chaney was 14 when he started and still did 'Our Gang' for a full 2 seasons illustrates how young he looked, by contrast! CHEERS! |
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Post by sandro on Sept 8, 2016 1:55:37 GMT -5
I was looking for films with appearances of the actors of our gang and found this called Night Work from 1930 and has the cast Georgie Billings and Shirley Jean Rickert and has a boy in exactly 49:47 reminiscent Kendall McComas. Was he or am I mistaken? Can someone help me? thank you. here is a scene from the movie.  |
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Post by tboneator64 on Sept 8, 2016 14:35:14 GMT -5
I was looking for films with appearances of the actors of our gang and found this called Night Work from 1930 and has the cast Georgie Billings and Shirley Jean Rickert and has a boy in exactly 49:47 reminiscent Kendall McComas. Was he or am I mistaken? Can someone help me? thank you. here is a scene from the movie. That is definitely Kendall McComas. His manner of speaking is also a giveaway for me! CHEERS! |
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Post by sandro on Sept 8, 2016 18:57:23 GMT -5
I was looking for films with appearances of the actors of our gang and found this called Night Work from 1930 and has the cast Georgie Billings and Shirley Jean Rickert and has a boy in exactly 49:47 reminiscent Kendall McComas. Was he or am I mistaken? Can someone help me? thank you. here is a scene from the movie. That is definitely Kendall McComas. His manner of speaking is also a giveaway for me! CHEERS! so I was right? |
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Post by mtw12055 on Oct 23, 2016 19:35:51 GMT -5
In doing 'Our Gang' research, I came across a 1934 article listing Hollywood actors' names, identified alongside the actors' birth names. Of note is this one:
John McCormack — "Breezy" (Kendall McComas)
As was mentioned by myhomeo, Kendall did work on stage as "Baby" John McCormack at one point. But was that indeed his real name?
Further searching led me to this article mentioning Kendall's addition to the Gang in 1931:
I wanted to mention this - not only because of the inaccurate age, but also because it confirms that his character name was indeed "'Breezy' Brisbane." Some of us have felt that the two names were never meant to be combined. This sounds like an H. M. Walker name. I guess "Breezy" being a nickname, and Brisbane being the character's real first name - rather than a last name - makes sense.
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Post by dchord568 on Nov 20, 2016 23:34:52 GMT -5
NEW "GANGSTER". Kendall McComas, new member of Hal Roach's "Our Gang". He's eight years old, has plenty of freckles, and will be known as "Breezy" Brisbane. I wanted to mention this - not only because of the inaccurate age, but also because it confirms that his character name was indeed "'Breezy' Brisbane." Some of us have felt that the two names were never meant to be combined. This sounds like an H. M. Walker name. I guess "Breezy" being a nickname, and Brisbane being the character's real first name - rather than a last name - makes sense. No question about this. See the scene in Free Eats where Wheezer confronts Breezy with the news that the babies really ARE "fidgets": "Honest, Brisbane...Stymie's right for the first time in his life...." |
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