The Old Wallop Explained

The Old Wallop
Director:	Robert F. McGowan
Producer:	Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
Starring:	Joe Cobb Jackie Condon Jean Darling Allen Hoskins Bobby Hutchins Jay R. Smith Harry Spear Pete the Pup Anita Garvin Charles A. Bachman Edgar Dearing
Cinematography:	Art Lloyd
Editing:	Richard C. Currier
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime:	20 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Old Wallop is a 1927 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.^[1] It was the 65th Our Gang short to be released and was considered to be a lost film. However, a near-complete foreign print was discovered in Munich, Bavaria, in the 1970s:^[2] the only known print of the United States version was destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

The Gang

• Joe Cobb as Joe
• Jackie Condon as Jackie
• Jean Darling as Jean
• Allen Hoskins as Farina
• Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
• Jay R. Smith as Jay
• Harry Spear as Harry
• Pete the Pup as himself

Additional cast

• Anita Garvin as Mother
• Charles A. Bachman as Cop
• Edgar Dearing as Police captain

See also

• Our Gang filmography

Notes and References

1. Book: Maltin . Leonard . Bann . Richard W. . Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals . 1977 . Crown Publishers . 81 . 3 March 2024.
2. http://theluckycorner.com/rms/068.html theluckycorner.com
3. Web site: Silent Era: The Old Wallop. September 14, 2008. silentera.
4. Web site: New York Times: The Old Wallop. https://web.archive.org/web/20110520160322/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225621/The-Old-Wallop/overview. dead. May 20, 2011. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Hal Erickson. Hal Erickson (author). 2011. September 14, 2008.