Big Business (1924 film)
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Big Business
| image = OURGANGbig business 1924.jpg
| director = Robert F. McGowan
| writer = Hal Roach
H. M. Walker
| producer = Hal Roach
| starring = Joe Cobb
Jackie Condon
Mickey Daniels
Allen Hoskins
Mary Kornman
Ernest Morrison
Andy Samuel
Allan Cavan
William Gillespie
Lyle Tayo
| distributor = Pathé Exchange
| released = {{film date|1924|2|10}}
| runtime = {{duration|m=27|s=13}}[http://theluckycorner.com/vc/blackhawk.html The Lucky Corner]
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Big Business is a 1924 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BigBusiness1924.html|title=Silent Era: Big Business|access-date=September 13, 2008|work=silentera}}{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226140/Big-Business/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520151552/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226140/Big-Business/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |title=New York Times: Big Business|access-date=September 13, 2008|first=Brooks|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |last=Barnes}} It was the 22nd Our Gang short subject to be released.{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |pages=40–41 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/40/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}
Plot
The gang starts up their own barbershop, giving the neighborhood kids haircuts that would not become popular for another sixty years. When they see Mickey in his Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit, they kidnap him and give him the works. Mickey then decides to join them in their enterprise.
Cast
- Joe Cobb as Joe
- Jackie Condon as Jackie
- Mickey Daniels as Mickey
- Allen Hoskins as Farina
- Mary Kornman as Mary
- Ernest Morrison as Sunshine Sammy
- Andy Samuel as— Andy
- Allan Cavan as office worker
- William Gillespie as Mickey's father
- Lyle Tayo as Mickey's mother
Filming Locations
Jackie Condon is walking on the sidewalk wearing the sandwich board advertising the Gang's business on the north side of the 10400 block of Woodbine Street in the Palms neighborhood in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last=Now |first=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and |title=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now |url=https://ChrisBungoStudios.com |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now |language=en-US}}
Two of the angry mothers with their sons are seen at the corner of Motor Avenue and Woodbine Street in front of 3392 Motor Avenue in the Palms neighborhood in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last=Now |first=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and |title=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now |url=https://ChrisBungoStudios.com |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Internet Archive short film|id=BigBuisnessOurGangSilentFilm1924|name=Big Business}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0235229|title=Big Business}}
- {{tcmdb title|636926|Big Business}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
Category:Hal Roach Studios short films
Category:Silent American comedy short films
Category:1920s English-language films
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