The Big Show (1923) Our Gang - ordered

Classic comedy short film, silent (Little Rascals / Our Gang), PD
–Year: 1923
–Year in film: 1920s
–Country: USA
–Who in bibs: Mickey ~9, boys ~7-13 ?
–Available on DVD: yes
–I own: yes
–Clothing occurrence: medium+
–Rating:  7/10
–Rating: *******
–Comment: First, again Mickey Daniels in faded bibs and a cap (pic 2). Later, several boys watching the stage show including great sitting scenes also some older boys.

I always considered buying DVDs of Our Gang, so that's my first one. Although Public Domain and available online, I hope for a better quality. There are many compilations, but these earliest silent films are rare and I only found 2 DVD sets containing this one. 1st the 2006 RC1 Grapevine DVD (I ordered) Our Gang Volume One, and the 2017 RC0 DVD Hal Roach's Rascals Volume 2 (Alpha Video), both DVDr. I own 2 DVDs from Alpha Video and both aren't remastered and very poor.

One of the Smiths (1931) probably has a much better image quality but the new compilation is still expensive. Update: Not an Our Gang film but with some Our Gang actors.

More infos later (might take 1-2 weeks to receive). Rating ~7 for now. 20 minutes.

https://biboverallsfilms.blogspot.com/2018/09/update-big-show-1923-our-gang-dvd.html

https://biboverallsfilms.blogspot.com/2018/09/update-2-big-show-1923-our-gang.html

https://biboverallsfilms.blogspot.com/2020/11/update-3-big-show-1923-our-gang-new.html

https://biboverallsfilms.blogspot.com/2022/08/info-mischief-makers-our-gang-silent.html

Main overview entry

https://biboverallsfilms.blogspot.com/2020/04/list-63-our-gang-chonological.html

/2012/06/27/the-pooch-our-gang/

Not sure about their names. Most supporting actors are uncredited. The boy sitting on right might be Elmo Billings.

In Nov 2022 there was a new BD release Little Rascal Complete Centennial Collection having a bonus disc with 3 remastered silent films incl. this one. Bibs of some boys aren't faded but hickory striped, which can only be seen on the new remastered set

https://biboverallsfilms.blogspot.com/2023/01/our-gang-new-restored-bd-release-incl.html

https://biboverallsfilms.blogspot.com/2024/04/update-4-big-show-1923-our-gang.html