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...
08 February 2026

“So completely captivated with little ‘Jackie’ Condon”

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A couple of weeks before the Los Angeles Evening Herald profiled two-year-old movie performer Jackie Condon (as quoted yesterday), the pape...
07 February 2026

“Jack’s been around again”

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Jackie Condon surely appeared in more movies before “Our Gang” than the seven listed yesterday . The 23 Apr 1920 Los Angeles Evening Hera...
06 February 2026

Jackie Condon’s Career Before “Our Gang”

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Jackie Condon was the youngest player in the first Our Gang movie ever shot in early 1922, establishing the role of the tagalong little brot...
03 February 2026

Two More Tales of Oz

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The 2025 edition of Oziana , the International Wizard of Oz Club’s creative magazine, is now available for purchase through Lulu . This i...
30 October 2025

At Last an Our Gang/Wizard of Oz Crossover

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In 1962, as described yesterday , Starlight Musical Theatre of San Diego held tryouts for a production of The Wizard of Oz , using music fro...
29 October 2025

The Wizard of Balboa Park

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The San Diego Civic Light Opera Association was founded in 1945. Its first show was Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado  in the Wegeforth Bowl...
28 October 2025

How Johnny Downs Grew Up

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I mentioned Our Gang cast member Johnny Downs in this posting on Elmer “Scooter” Lowry going into vaudeville. Johnny Downs was born in 19...
18 October 2025

“Beyond a cute small-boy personality”

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In late 1929, Elmer “Scooter” Lowry finished his vaudeville tour with fellow Our Gang veterans Mary Kornman and Johnny Downs. They had been...
16 October 2025

“A tiny 8-year-old comedian”

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As discussed back here , seven-year-old Elmer Lowry lost his contract with the Hal Roach Studio in the spring of 1927. By that fall he was t...