Young Sherlocks
About Young Sherlocks
Ernie is trying to feed his little sister Farina and the mule Dinah when he walks into a basement meeting of the J.J.J.'s. They will not have him unless he names a brave deed. He invents a kidnap rescue of Peggy with Jackie and Dinah, a $10,000 reward, and a town called Freetown where he is mayor and the children have all the cake they want. His mother arrives, and she hauls Ernie and Farina home.
Cast & crew
More about Young Sherlocks
Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara directed the fourth Our Gang short, and Pathé released it on 26 November 1922. Wikipedia gives 20 minutes. A circulating copy runs about 19.
Themes
Preservation
Prints are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Ernie Morrison plays Ernie. Allen Hoskins is Farina. Jackie Condon is Jackie. Mickey Daniels and Jack Davis are in the J.J.J. meeting.
- A sign in the Freetown sequence calls Jackie Mickey.
- Wikidata also lists Charley Chase as a director. The Wikipedia credits are McGowan and McNamara.
- The gang's name in the film is the J.J.J.'s, spelled out in sources as Jesse James Juniors.
Scenes
- Ernie spins the kidnap story to get into the meeting.
- The tale stops when his mother takes him and Farina home.
Also available
- Internet Archive (OurGangSilentYoungSherlocks1922)
- Wikimedia Commons (Young Sherlocks (1922).webm)
