Fire Fighters
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara
Cast: Ernest Morrison (Ernie Morrison) [Booker T. Bacon], Peggy Cartwright [Peggy], Jackie Condon [Rosie], Weston Doty, Winston Doty, Allen Hoskins [Farina], Monte O’Grady, George Rowe [the bootlegger], Charles E. Stevenson [the policeman], Ernie Morrison Sr. [Ernie’s father], Dinah the mule
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Robert A. McGowan, from a screen story by Hal Roach. Production supervision by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase). Intertitles written by H.M. Walker and Tom McNamara. / Released 8 October 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot 27 March through 1 April 1922. The second film made starring Hal Roach’s Rascals, and the second to be released. The film was previewed in Ocean Park, California, in May 1922.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [9.5mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Birds: Ducks - Bootleggers - Children - Our Gang - Police: Policemen
Listing updated: 16 October 2011.
References: Gulick-Rascals pp. 12, 78; Maltin-Little pp. 10, 11-12 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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