The Sun Down Limited
About The Sun Down Limited
Joe and Mickey take a railroad engine for a joyride and the gang is thrown out of the yard. Toughy will not let them play with his train, so they build their own line, the Sun Down Limited. The girls leave Toughy for the new railroad. He dumps the gang's train off the tracks and it runs into the streets.
Cast & crew
More about The Sun Down Limited
Robert F. McGowan directed the 30th Our Gang short for Hal Roach. T. J. Crizer edited. Pathé Exchange released it on 21 September 1924. A copy runs 25 minutes 43 seconds. Filmed 21 April to 1 May 1924. The studio datebook then notes an accident to McGowan and the unit did not go back; the footage already shot was cut into the short. Copyright 2 August 1924, LU20463, Pathé Exchange. The title plays on the Southern Pacific Sunset Limited. It was remade with sound in 1929 as Railroadin'.
Themes
Making
Ten shooting days were booked. After 1 May the datebook records McGowan's accident, and the short was finished from what had already been filmed.
Preservation
A public-domain print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Joe Cobb, Mickey Daniels, Jackie Condon, Allen Hoskins as Farina, Mary Kornman, Andy Samuel, and Sonny Loy play the gang.
- Gabe Saienz is Toughy. Pal the Dog is his dog. Lassie Lou Ahern and Peggy Ahern are train passengers.
- A probable opening title reads that Hal Roach presents his rascals in The Sun Down Limited.
Scenes
- Joe and Mickey take the engine and the yard throws the gang out.
- Toughy sends their homemade train off the rails and into the street.
Influenced
- Railroadin' (1929)
Also available
- Internet Archive (sundownlimited)
