Silent Little Rascals (Our Gang) Shorts Coming to Blu-ray!

[ClassicFlix]

With the release this week of The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6, we have completed the restoration project on the 80 Hal Roach Little Rascal (Our Gang) sound shorts which started over two years ago, and can now turn our full attention to restoring and releasing on Blu-ray and DVD as many of the 88 silent Our Gang films which survive.

PROJECT GOALS
We already have over 60 Our Gang silent films scanned and expect to eventually restore and release between 50 - 60 shorts from 35mm and pristine 16mm elements on both Blu-ray and DVD. The remaining 20 or so shorts which survive only in fragments or on very poor 16mm, 9.5mm or 8mm elements will be released solely on DVD as most are in very rough shape. There's also a chance we'll include them as bonus features on one or more of the Blu-ray Volumes, instead of just on DVD.

TIMELINE
We had initially anticipated releasing some of the silents in the fall of 2022, but due to the complexity of tracking down, piecing together and restoring the silents, as well as the up front cost associated with the project, the first Volume is schedule for November 2024.

A side note: 4 restored Our Gang silents were included as bonus features in The Little Rascals - The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition) released in November 2022.

RELEASES ALREADY ANNOUNCED

• The Little Rascals - The Restored Silents, Volume 1 - 11/19/2024

Stay tuned for more updates on this thread.

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- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer