The Old Wallop


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| released = {{film date|1927|10|22}}
| released = {{film date|1927|10|22}}
| runtime = 20 minutes
| runtime = 20 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br>English intertitles
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br>English
| budget =
| gross =
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}}
””’The Old Wallop””’ is a 1927 ”[[Our Gang]]” [[short film|short]] [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]], the 65th in the series, directed by [[Robert F. McGowan]].<ref>{{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 |page=81 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/80/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> It had been considered a [[lost film]], as it was destroyed in the [[1965 MGM vault fire]], but a nearly complete print was discovered in [[Munich]] in the 1970s.<ref>[http://theluckycorner.com/rms/068.html theluckycorner.com]</ref>
””’The Old Wallop””’ is a 1927 ”[[Our Gang]]” [[short film|short]] [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy film]], the 65th in the series, directed by [[Robert F. McGowan]].<ref>{{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|page=81|url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/80/mode/2up|access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref> It had been considered a [[lost film]], as it was destroyed in the [[1965 MGM vault fire]], but a nearly complete print was discovered in [[Munich]] in the 1970s.<ref>[http://theluckycorner.com/rms/068.html theluckycorner.com]</ref>
==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Edgar Dearing]] as Police captain
* [[Edgar Dearing]] as Police captain
== Filming locations ==
==Filming locations==
Wheezer’s house was located at 3359 Motor Ave. in the [[Palms, Los Angeles|Palms]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{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=2024-10-29 |website=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now |language=en-US}}</ref>
Wheezer’s house was located at 3359 Motor Ave. in the [[Palms, Los Angeles|Palms]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{ 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=2024-10-29|website=Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now|language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
* [[Our Gang filmography|”Our Gang” filmography]]
*[[Our Gang filmography|”Our Gang” filmography]]
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1920s rediscovered films]]
[[Category:1920s rediscovered films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:English-language comedy short films]]
[[Category: comedy short films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan]]
[[Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films]]
[[Category:Our Gang films]]
[[Category:Our Gang films]]
[[Category:Rediscovered American films]]
[[Category:Rediscovered American films]]
[[Category:American silent comedy short films]]
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