Fire Fighters

"Fire Fighters" is the oldest remaining Our Gang comedy...the second in the series. While it starts off oddly and meanders a bit, the plot is one that would be repeated in many variations over the next couple of decades in this series.

When the film begins, it's all about ducks, a chicken and a dog all dressed up in clothes and acting like people. It really has nothing to do with the rest of the film and it really looks as if the Hal Roach Studio just tossed it in because they didn't want to waste the footage!

When the actual story begins, the kids decide they want to be fire fighters. In true Our Gang fashion, they create go-cart style fire engines...and the hot water tank used in early fire engines actually is a still being used by moonshiners!

This film, more than later Our Gang comedies, really meanders. As a result there are fewer laughs, though it is all pleasant. And, like so many of the early films, Farina's gender still isn't established in the film...and in a few of the later ones, he is billed as a she! Interesting.