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Author: Rebecca Gulick
Publisher: Crescent
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780517086612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles more than seventy years of the "Our Gang" series using revealing photographs to commemorate such cultural mainstays as Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat, Porky, Butch, Farina, and Petey the Dog.
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780517583258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen originally published in 1977 as Our Gang, this book sold over 52,000 copies. This new edition, with an extensive amount of fresh material, will prove irresistible to all fans of the most popular film series of all time. Includes updated biographical entries on the cast and crew and complete entries on every single film, with story synopses, production credits, cast lists, critiques, and more. 397 photographs.
Author: Laura June Kenny
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1418438626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMemoir of Laura June Kenny as she provides this unique look at Hollywood during the Depression when she played in the Little Rascals show.
Author: Julia Lee
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 2015-12-29
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1452949786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black and white version of the KKK, the Cluck Cluck Klams—and the public loved it. The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply conflicted, changing American society that was its theater. Exposing these connections for the first time, Julia Lee shows us how much this series, from the first silent shorts in 1922 to its television revival in the 1950s, reveals about black and white American culture—on either side of the silver screen. Behind the scenes, we find unconventional men like Hal Roach and his gag writers, whose Rascals tapped into powerful American myths about race and childhood. We meet the four black stars of the series—Ernie “Sunshine Sammy” Morrison, Allen “Farina” Hoskins, Matthew “Stymie” Beard, and Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas—the gang within the Gang, whose personal histories Lee pursues through the passing years and shifting political landscape. In their checkered lives, and in the tumultuous life of the series, we discover an unexplored story of America, the messy, multiracial nation that found in Our Gang a comic avatar, a slapstick version of democracy itself.
Author: Tommy Bond
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780963097651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the autobiography of one of the original members of the much loved "Our Gang" comedy films featuring the Little Rascals: Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa & of course, Butch. Bond played with many of the great stars of the golden age of Hollywood including Eddie Cantor & Laurel & Hardy. Mr. Bond was also the first Jimmy Olsen in the early Superman films. His story is a delightful look at life as a child star with the many luminaries of the time of glitter & imagination that still delight audiences & "Our Gang" fan clubs around the country. DARN RIGHT IT'S BUTCH is the only autobiography of a member of "Our Gang."
Author: Sterling North
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 142
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sterling North
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-09-23
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0142402524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home. He and the mischievous raccoon are best friends for a perfect year of adventure—until the spring day when everything suddenly changes. A Newbery Honor Book
Author: Nancy E. Krulik
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780590488518
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpanky and the gang are horrified when Alfalfa breaks the He-Man Woman Haters Club rules by falling for a girl named Darla.
Author: Jonathan Lyons
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1317679555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile comedy writers are responsible for creating clever scripts, comedic animators have a much more complicated problem to solve: What makes a physical character funny? Comedy for Animators breaks down the answer by exploring the techniques of those who have used their bodies to make others laugh. Drawing from traditions such as commedia dell’arte, pantomime, Vaudeville, the circus, and silent and modern film, animators will learn not only to create funny characters, but also how to execute gags, create a comic climate, and use environment as a character. Whether you’re creating a comic villain or a bumbling sidekick, this is the one and only guide you need to get your audience laughing! Explanation of comedic archetypes and devices will both inspire and inform your creative choices Exploration of various modes of storytelling allows you to give the right context for your story and characters Tips for creating worlds, scenarios, and casts for your characters to flourish in Companion website includes example videos and further resources to expand your skillset--check it out at www.comedyforanimators.com! Jonathan Lyons delivers simple, fun, illustrated lessons that teach readers to apply the principles of history’s greatest physical comedians to their animated characters. This isn’t stand-up comedy—it’s the falling down and jumping around sort!
