The following video companies have all released Our Gang films in VHS, DVD, Laserdisc, or CD-ROM format. Click on
the company name to view their Our Gang output.
- A-1 Video
- This online company includes five volumes of silent Rascals in its selection, and a few odds and
ends.
- Alpha Video
- This company put out a collection of silent Laurel & Hardy films, which included an inferior version
of the Our Gang film "Thundering Fleas." They also put out the best version of the Our Gang episode of "You
Asked For It" that I've seen. In addition to these, they've released three of the public domain talkies in
the series.
- AmVest Video
- This company put out the commonly-seen public domain films in the series.
- Blackhawk Video
- This company originally released the Roach episodes, including a few silents, for the home movie market.
Later, they released a series of videos of their own Blackhawk prints of these films.
- Brentwood Home Video
- This company released various Roach silents and talkies in a rather cheap fashion, and also made a Rascal
documentary.
- Cabin Fever Entertainment
- This company was the first to release the pristine 35mm original versions of the Roach talkies, and
managed to add five of the silents to their catalogue as well.
- C. W. Films
- This company put out the very first Our Gang film.
- Diamond Entertainment Corp.
- This company has released both silent and sound Our Gang films, mainly in the public domain, and seems to
be affiliated with both Janus Entertainment and St. Clair Entertainment.
- Disc Plaza
- This company put out three of the public domain films in the series.
- East West Entertainment
- This company has released at least four DVDs of Roach silents and talkies. So far, I've only come
across volumes two and four.
- Embassy Home Entertainment
- This company put out the Little Rascals anthology "Rascal Dazzle."
- Encore Home Video
- This company put out an amusement park-related video that included two Our Gang silents, and which is
now available through A-1.
- Family DVD Store
- This company put out three of the public domain films in the series.
- Festival Films
- This company released four of the silent episodes on low budget VHS tapes. Also known as Video Resource
Distributors, Inc.
- Fishigan Films
- This company has released a set of DVDs containing the documentary TV series "SlapHappy," which
includes clips from silent Our Gang films.
- Flashback Entertainment
- This company released a DVD containing the three Roach public domain shorts.
- Funtime Kids
- This company released three of the public domain films on VHS, and is also known as Sterling
Entertainment Group.
- Genius Entertainment
- This company released three DVDs containing colorized versions of several talkies. Most of these are not
the original prints. More recently, they released what was supposed to be the definitive DVD release of the Roach talkies.
However, 16 of the films were Blackhawk prints, and a few of the others left something to be desired. So don't throw
away those Cabin Fever sets just yet.
- GoodTimes Home Video
- This company put out various silents and talkies as well as a few documentaries and anthologies,
basically sticking to public domain films and prints.
- Grapevine Video
- This company released 14 volumes of Our Gang silents on VHS, and is now embarking on a DVD-R
series.
- Hal Roach Studios
- This company was previously called Nostalgia Archive, and got around to releasing a few Our Gang films,
mainly public domain, on their Laurel & Hardy volumes.
- Hallmark Home Entertainment
- This company obtained the rights to the Cabin Fever material, but didn't quite get all of them released
prior to Genius Entertainment taking over the rights.
- HenryButch
- This is a private seller who released a line of silent Our Gang volumes, and later added a set of MGM
episodes.
- Intercoastal Studios
- This company took over the Brentwood Home Video releases.
- Jackie Taylor
- This former gang member has released two VHS volumes which show clips from her '70s Little Rascals TV
show.
- Janus Entertainment
- This company has released both silent and sound Our Gang films, mainly in the public domain, and seems to
be affiliated with both Diamond Entertainment Corp. and St. Clair Entertainment.
- Jef Films
- This company released three Our Gang silents on a VHS in 1997.
- Kino Video
- This company has released a few Laurel & Hardy videos which include a nice version of "Dogs Of
War," plus "The Stolen Jools" and "45 Minutes From Hollywood."
- Looser Than Loose Publishing
- This company has included a handful of Our Gang silents in its releases.
- MGM/UA Home Video
- Before selling the bulk of their backlog to Turner, MGM released a few VHS tapes and laserdiscs, which
mostly included MGM-era episodes, plus "General Spanky" and a few silents.
- miscellaneous
- This page includes releases by unknown companies, most of which are nothing more than the public domain
films, but a few of them are intriguing.
- MPI
- This company released the documentary "Hollywood's Children," which included clips from
"Jubilo, Jr." and "Divot Diggers."
- Nostalgia Archive
- This company later called themselves Hal Roach Studios, and released a few Our Gang films, mainly public
domain, on their Laurel & Hardy volumes.
- Nostalgia Family Video
- This company released two VHS volumes of silent episodes.
- NTA Home Entertainment
- This company released several of the Blackhawk prints of the Roach talkies on VHS, and have also been
known as Republic Pictures Home Video and Spotlite Video.
- On Deck Entertainment
- This company released a dental-themed VHS that included "The Awful Tooth."
- Parade Video
- This company released a VHS containing three of the public domain episodes.
- Passport Video
- This company has released both silent and sound Our Gang films, mainly in the public domain, in a 5 DVD
set, plus a Laurel & Hardy set containing an inferior version of "Thundering Fleas."
- PC Treasurea, Inc.
- This company released a DVD containing three of the public domain episodes.
- The Picture Palace
- This online company has variously sold releases from Grapevine Video, Video Classics, and some of the
public domain talkies.
- Platinum Disc Corporation
- This company has released three of the public domain talkies in various formats.
- Reader's Digest Video
- This company has included Our Gang clips in some of its anthologies.
- Reelclassicdvd.com
- This online company has included a handful of silent Our Gang films on its DVD-R
releases.
- Republic Pictures Home Video
- This company released several of the Blackhawk prints of the Roach talkies on VHS, and have also been
known as NTA Home Entertainment and Spotlite Video.
- Rom-Man Technologies
- This company released a CD-ROM containing three silent Our Gang films.
- Spotlite Video
- This company released several of the Blackhawk prints of the Roach talkies on VHS, and have also been
known as NTA Home Entertainment and Republic Pictures Home Video.
- St. Clair Entertainment
- This company has released both silent and sound Our Gang films, mainly in the public domain, and seems to
be affiliated with both Diamond Entertainment Corp. and Janus Entertainment.
- Sterling Entertainment Group
- This company released three of the public domain films on VHS, and is also known as Funtime
Kids.
- Treeline Films
- This company released a 12 DVD set containing three of the public domain episodes.
- TV Classics
- This company released a DVD containing both silent and sound episodes, mainly from the public
domain.
- TV Time
- This company has released DVDs with commonly-seen silent and sound episodes.
- Universal
- The British arm of this company released a Laurel & Hardy set that included a nice version of
"Thundering Fleas."
- Video Classics
- This is a private seller with a fourteen volume VHS series of Our Gang silents.
- Video Dimensions
- This company released a volume of Our Gang silents and public domain talkies.
- Video Resource Distributors, Inc.
- This company released four of the silent episodes on low budget VHS tapes. Also known as Festival
Films.
- Video Yesteryear
- This company released five volumes of Our Gang silents back in the '80s.
- Videobrary, Inc.
- This company released a VHS containing an inferior version of "Thundering
Fleas."
- Viking Video Classics
- This company released a VHS with three of the public domain films.
- Vintage Home Entertainment
- This company released a DVD with three of the public domain films.
- Warner Home Video
- This company has managed to release five MGM-era episodes as special features on feature film DVDs,
but more importantly, they've released all 52 Metro episodes in a limited edition boxed set.