Fire Fighters
(1922) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara

Cast: Ernest Morrison (Ernie Morrison) [Booker T. Bacon], Peggy Cartwright [Peggy], Jackie Condon [Rosie], Weston Doty, Winston Doty, Allen Hoskins [Farina], Monte O’Grady, George Rowe [bootlegger], Charles E. Stevenson [policeman], Ernie Morrison Sr. [Ernie’s father], Dinah the mule

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Robert A. McGowan, from a screen story by Hal Roach. Production supervision by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase). Intertitles by H.M. Walker and Tom McNamara. / Released 8 October 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot 27 March through 1 April 1922. The second film made starring Hal Roach’s Rascals, and the second to be released. The film was previewed in Ocean Park, California, in May 1922.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists [9.5mm reduction positive].

Keywords: African-Americans - Birds: Ducks - Bootleggers - Children - Our Gang - Police: Policemen

Listing updated: 16 October 2008.

References: Gulick-Those pp. 12, 78; Maltin-Little pp. 10, 11-12 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.