11 May 2026

“The following routine hardly constitutes a ‘vacation’”

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In March 1924, for the first time in more than six years, eleven-year-old Ernie Morrison didn’t have a movie to make. He had no call time ...
10 May 2026

“They are trying to get along without Ernest Morrison”

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As I wrote back here , almost all the other kid-gang comedy movies produced in the wake of Our Gang’s success included at least one African-...
08 May 2026

“‘Our Gang’ comedies will be as a ship without a rudder without Sammy”

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In the early 1920s, Ernie Morrison was almost certainly the most prominent African-American actor in Hollywood, the only one to appear regul...
06 May 2026

“Ended an eight-year engagement with Hal Roach”

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Ernie Morrison starred in the Our Gang films regularly for more than two years, from January 1922 to March 1924. The only other movies he ...
04 May 2026

Ernie Morrison before Our Gang

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Ernie Morrison was born in late 1912 in New Orleans. About six months later his father, Joseph, moved the family to Los Angeles, where he ra...
02 May 2026

Assessing the Ultimate Oz Universe for the Baum Bugle

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The spring 2026 issue of The Baum Bugle contains my review of The Lost Lands , the first volume of the Ultimate Oz Universe graphic retell...
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03 April 2026

“We went back and figured out what we would do for a beginning”

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After “The Big Show!” and “The Cobbler,” the next Our Gang production was Bob McGowan’s “The Champeen!” As Rob DeMoss explains on the Luck...
02 April 2026

Working Around Jackie Condon’s Broken Arm

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The Lucky Corner website shows that the Hal Roach Studio continued to pay Jackie Condon $40 per week throughout the summer and fall of 1922...
30 March 2026

“The 3-year-old comedian is so proud of his injury”

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The 22 Oct 1922 Portland Oregonian , and probably some other newspapers around the same time, ran this story from Hollywood: Jackie Condon, ...
09 February 2026

Another Addition to the Jackie Condon Filmography

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Discontented Wives was a five-reel melodrama directed by and starring J. P. McGowan, released in September 1921. The American Film Insti...