The Fourth Alarm

1926 Comedy 20 minutes Directed by Robert F. McGowan

About The Fourth Alarm

The Our Gang kids start a junior fire department and turn an old barn into their firehouse. When a real alarm sounds they tag along. Farina takes a charged hose, the pressure lifts him off his feet, and the water hits everything except the flames.

Cast & crew

More about The Fourth Alarm

Robert F. McGowan directed the 53rd Our Gang short. Hal Roach and F. Richard Jones produced it. Hal Roach, H. M. Walker, and Robert A. McGowan are credited on the script. Richard C. Currier edited it. Pathé Exchange released it on 12 September 1926. It runs 20 minutes.

Themes

Notes

  • Mary Kornman's last Our Gang appearance as a child.
  • Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Johnny Downs, Allen Hoskins as Farina, and Jannie Hoskins are in the gang, along with Dinah the mule.

Scenes

  • The hose yanks Farina into the air and soaks the street around the fire.

Influenced

  • Hook and Ladder (1932)

Also available

  • Internet Archive (OurGangSilentTheFourthAlarm1926)