This Our Gang silent short centers around Farina, a boy who can still smile even when life is incredibly difficult. He and his sister are supported by their mother, a laundress. The mother becomes ill and things become even tougher for Farina. The gang initially harasses Farina and one of the gang pours mud into the the packages of clean laundry that Farina is on his way to deliver to a customer. The first gang member to befriend Farina is Joe Cobb and when the others learn what dire straights Farina and his family are in, they all pitch in to help him. Even Petey the dog gets into the act. A delightful short that I was fortunate enough to see a great print of at the 2013 Syracuse Cinefest.
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excellent silent comedy
grim-57 August 2001
my folks had this as a 16mm 1-reel excerpt titled "oily rich". they used to show it on a bedsheet long before I was born.I still have the reel and would sure like to know if it was ever put on videotape.the celluloid is very old and I don't think it would survive transfer.I saw it as a youngster and the reel was old then. it was hilarious.
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