Young Sherlocks is a 1922

1922 in film

-Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....

 silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 short subject

Short subject

A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...

, the fourth entry in Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...

's Our Gang

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...

(Little Rascals) series. Directed by Robert F. McGowan

Robert F. McGowan

Robert Francis McGowan was an American film director and producer, best known as the senior director of the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1922 until 1933.-Career:...

 and Tom McNamara

Tom McNamara (director)

Tom McNamara was an American film director and cartoonist from the 1910s to the 1940s. He is perhaps best known for his involvement as a director of several Our Gang shorts for the Hal Roach studio, and as the creator of the comic strip Us Boys in William Randolph Hearst's New York...

, the two-reel short was released to theaters in November 1922 by Pathé

Pathé

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Plot

The film begins with Ernie using his ingenuity to overcome his poverty and find a way to feed his little sister Farina and his steed, Dinah the mule. He encounters Jackie, who is selling newspapers, and learns about a kidnapper who is at large. Ernie then stumbles into a secret meeting of several young boys, including Mickey Daniels and Jack Davis, who call themselves the JJJ’s (Jesse James Juniors). They tell him that he is unwelcome in their meeting unless he can tell them what good deed he has ever done. He responds by spinning a long, and very unbelievable, tall tale of how he, Jackie, and Dinah rescued Peggy from the kidnappers. At the end of his story he claims that he used his reward money to buy a whole town, name it Free Town, and make himself Mayor and Jackie the Chief of Police. It is a beautiful town where all the children have plenty to eat, have nice clothes, and can have all the cake and candy they want. The story, and the film, ends with reality as Ernie’s mother finds him and hauls him and Farina back home.

Cast

• Ernie Morrison
  Ernie Morrison
  Ernest Fredric "Ernie" Morrison was an American child actor who performed under the stage name "Sunshine Sammy"...
  
   – Ernie
• Jackie Condon
  Jackie Condon
  John Michael "Jackie" Condon was an American child actor who was a regular on the Our Gang short series during the Pathé silent era.-Career:...
  
   - Jackie a.k.a. Mickey
• Peggy Cartwright
  Peggy Cartwright
  Peggy Cartwright was a Canadian silent film actress perhaps best known for her short stint as the leading lady of the Our Gang comedies. She appeared in four shorts in 1922 and, possibly, the pilot for the series, Our Gang .Her first husband was Phil Baker with whom she had four children...
  
  - Mary Jane
• Allen Hoskins – Farina
• Mickey Daniels
  Mickey Daniels
  Richard "Mickey" Daniels, Jr. was a juvenile actor. Signed by Hal Roach in 1923, he was, along with fat Joe Cobb, scruffy Jackie Condon, pretty Mary Kornman, and smiling "Sunshine Sammy" , a regular in the popular Our Gang comedies.-Biography:The red-haired, gap-toothed, freckled whipper snapper...
  
   - JJJ Member
• Jack Davis
  Jack Davis (actor)
  Jackie Davis , a native of Los Angeles, California, was an American child actor, notable for appearing in Hal Roach's Our Gang series. His sister Mildred Davis also acted; she appeared in Roach comedian Harold Lloyd's films as his leading lady...
  
   - JJJ Member
• Gabe Saienz - JJJ Member
• Dinah the Mule- Herself
• Charles Stevenson
  Charles Stevenson
  Charles Leslie Stevenson was an American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics....
  
   - Giovanna de Bullochi
• Charley Young
  Charley Young
  Charles Lee Young is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at North Carolina State University and was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft....
  
   - Mary Jane's father
• William Gillespie - A kidnapper / The police officer
• Dick Gilbert
  Dick Gilbert
  Dick Gilbert , was an American actor mainly associated with the Hal Roach Studios,where he appeared in numerous Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy comedies...
  
   - A kidnapper / The motorist
• Dot Farley
  Dot Farley
  Dot Farley was an American film actress. She appeared in 280 films between 1910 and 1950. Mainly known for her roles in short comedies, prolific with Mack Sennett in the silent days;she was later notable as the Mother-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in most of his series of short films at the RKO...
  
   - Mary Jane's mother
• George Rowe - The Baker
• Florence Hoskins - Ernie and Farina's mother
• Mark Jones
  Mark Jones
  Mark Jones is the name of:* Mark Jones * Mark Jones , English footballer* Mark Jones , full back who played for Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion, Birmingham City and Hereford United...
  
  - A kidnapper
• Wallace Howe
  Wallace Howe
  Wallace Howe , was an American actor. He appeared in 89 films between 1918 and 1936.He was born in Pennsylvania, USA.-External links:...
  
   - A kidnapper
• Joseph Morrison
  Joseph Morrison
  Joseph Morrison may refer to:*Joseph Curran Morrison , lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West*Joseph G. Morrison , minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene...
  
  - A bank employee