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Ernie 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison (born Ernest Fredric Morrison) was a popular African American child actor of the Silent films era. Leaving the screen in 1926, he eventually returned for a time, from 1940 to 1944.

Most Popular Sunshine Sammy Morrison Trailers

Total trailers found: 88

Number, Please? Trailer (1920)

26 December 1920

While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend.

The Buccaneers Trailer (1924)

09 March 1924

This Our Gang short has the group playing pirates and building a ship to sail in. Once the ship hits water it sinks but they end up on another boat when the dog unties the rope and the kids head off to sea where they must be rescued by the Navy.

Why Go Home? Trailer (1920)

11 January 1920

'Snub' Pollard and Mildred Davis star in this 1920 comedy short.

Any Old Port Trailer (1920)

27 June 1920

Captain Dandy (Snub Pollard) is about to sail and arrives on the dock where several women take turns to individually say goodbye to him (the last one even wrestles him to the ground) before he boards the ship.

Cradle Robbers Trailer (1924)

01 June 1924

The boys cannot go fishing because they have to take care of their baby brothers and sisters. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their babies to some traveling gypsies, Mary shows up and tells them that her little sister just won a prize at the baby show.

Cash Customers Trailer (1920)

06 December 1920

Snub Pollard (sans moustache) and Hughie Mack are tenants sharing a bed in a small hotel. They wake up at 6am and prepare breakfast with two eggs which are taken out of Snub's jacket pocket and put into a coffee perculator.

July Days Trailer (1923)

26 August 1923

The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mickey and Jack are trying to win the affections of Mary.

Seein' Things Trailer (1924)

05 April 1924

At the start we learn that Farina is suffering nightmares each time he eats meat. His mom tells him to stay away from the stuff but he loves it so much he sneaks out of the house and ends up eating several chickens.

Giving the Bride Away Trailer (1919)

16 November 1919

A comedy short starring Mildred Davis & 'Snub' Pollard

Tire Trouble Trailer (1924)

12 January 1924

This Hal Roach comedy short, Tire Trouble, is the twenty-second entry in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series.

Flying Wild Trailer (1941)

10 March 1941

A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.

Fast Company Trailer (1924)

15 November 1924

Fast Company is the sixteenth short in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series created by Hal Roach. Many of the boys here want to go swimming but Mickey has to make a delivery.

Back Stage Trailer (1923)

02 June 1923

The gang operates a donkey-propelled tour bus. Later, a cut-rate vaudeville producer hires them to help out with his show, which they wreck.

Stage Fright Trailer (1923)

20 October 1923

Author Fawn Ochletree stages a charity performance of her latest play, a Romanesque epic. The gang and other neighborhood kids are forced into starring in the play, much to the chagrin of the gang.

Pride of the Bowery Trailer (1940)

15 December 1940

Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain and with other campers.

The Sleuth Trailer (1922)

16 July 1922

Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheik

Between Meals Trailer (1926)

03 January 1926

James Parrott & Ernest Morrison gets chased around a lot. Filmed in 1921 and copyrighted in 1922, but not released until 1926.

The Cobbler Trailer (1923)

18 February 1923

A cobbler receives his back pension and invites the gang to celebrate with a picnic, but his car stalls along the way.

Soft Pedal Trailer (1926)

31 January 1926

An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.

Our Gang Trailer (1922)

04 November 1922

An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.

Tough Luck Trailer (1919)

21 December 1919

A comedy short featuring Sunshine Sammy Morrison.

Fugitive from a Prison Camp Trailer (1940)

05 October 1940

Sheriff Holt is determined to prove that prisoners can be rehabilitated and released into society in this prison drama.

Commencement Day Trailer (1924)

03 May 1924

Centering around the closing days of the school year, this is a view into the life of a one-room schoolhouse.

The Champeen Trailer (1923)

27 January 1923

Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals.

Lodge Night Trailer (1923)

28 July 1923

This one has to be seen to be believed. Apparently the gang has witnessed a Ku Klux Klan meeting. They decide to form their own lodge.

Big Business Trailer (1924)

09 February 1924

In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Mohawk! Scenes involving close calls with sharp scissors might make some viewers wince, while the manicurist uses a device that looks like a wire-cutter.

Kid Dynamite Trailer (1943)

05 February 1943

The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped.

A Pleasant Journey Trailer (1923)

25 March 1923

Ernie and Farina anger the police force with their shoeshine scheme. Later, the gang switches places with some runaways about to board a train.

Haunted Spooks Trailer (1920)

14 March 1920

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis).

Fire Fighters Trailer (1922)

08 October 1922

The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet animals get drunk on his moonshine.

The Pickaninny Trailer (1921)

04 December 1921

The comical, classic movie of the big city misadventures of Little Casino.

The 'Fraidy Cat Trailer (1924)

29 March 1924

Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood children, even though he's old enough to be their father.

Dogs of War! Trailer (1923)

01 July 1923

The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.

Derby Day Trailer (1923)

17 November 1923

After the gang goes to the horse races, they decide to have a derby of their own.

It's a Bear Trailer (1924)

27 July 1924

The kids pretend to be hunting a variety of animals when they're invited to a farm where they try to capture real game.

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge Trailer (1942)

20 November 1942

The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered. Believing her to be innocent, they hide her in their clubhouse while they try to find the real killer.

The Non-Skid Kid Trailer (1922)

11 June 1922

After his car runs out of gasoline, the son of a rich man takes his vehicle to a garage run by women.

Captain Kiddo Trailer (1917)

05 August 1917

Marie and her friend Billy are playing pirates and Marie is the pirate and Billy is her assistant. Marie's widowed mother becomes engaged to Mr.

Getting His Goat Trailer (1920)

08 February 1920

Snub's many humorous experiences in attempting to transport his goat home. Comedy short directed by Charley Chase.

Clancy Street Boys Trailer (1943)

23 April 1943

Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he had seven kids, so Muggs recruits the members of the gang to pose as his family.

Boys to Board Trailer (1923)

07 April 1923

A kindly old schoolteacher helps the gang escape from a cruel boarding school, but they wind up in a bootlegger's booby-trapped house.

Red Hot Hottentotts Trailer (1920)

04 January 1920

Rivalry over a girl in this country moves to the heart of Africa, where the principals get into difficulties with man-eating cannibals.

The Dippy Dentist Trailer (1920)

25 January 1920

The film begins with a girl who is supposedly irresistible to all men. Several guys all come to her to pledge their undying love--including Harold Lloyd's brother, Gaylord (who is a dentist).

Get Out and Get Under Trailer (1920)

26 September 1920

The comic adventures of a new car owner.

Penrod Trailer (1922)

20 February 1922

Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors.

Run 'Em Ragged Trailer (1920)

01 August 1920

Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.

Rush Orders Trailer (1921)

07 April 1921

A typical Pollard-Morrison outing is Rush Orders (1921), in which the pair ride into town on a railroad handcar (with Morrison providing the locomotive muscle).

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Trailer (1940)

01 May 1940

In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to write a love ballad.

Big Game Trailer (1921)

22 May 1921

While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist.

Live and Learn Trailer (1920)

01 August 1920

Snub Pollard comedy

That Gang of Mine Trailer (1940)

23 September 1940

A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a championship race horse.

Ghosts on the Loose Trailer (1943)

30 July 1943

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.

Call a Taxi! Trailer (1920)

25 July 1920

After being ejected from an establishment for being drunk and disorderly, George Rowe, Sammy Brooks, Hughie Mack and Snub Pollard form a drunken singing quartet in the street before a car comes and takes Sammy and George away, leaving the other two staggering in the road.

A Quiet Street Trailer (1922)

30 December 1922

The gang mistakenly believes a police patrol is after them for beating up a cop's boy; they wind up encountering the police's real quarry: Red Mike.

In This Our Life Trailer (1942)

08 May 1942

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

The Big Show Trailer (1923)

24 February 1923

The gang creates its own makeshift county fair, highlighted by a "movie," which is really a clever stage performance.

Classic Comedy Teams Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis.

The Sawdust Doll Trailer (1919)

20 April 1919

Sally Lou, the small daughter of village blacksmith Jim Davis, uses her sawdust doll to take the place of a real mother.

High Rollers Trailer (1921)

26 June 1921

An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.

Full o' Pep Trailer (1922)

23 April 1922

The monkey gland operation is about to be performed upon Snub. A flash-back shows how the lack of pep has affected his spirits.