Foreword / Zaiid Leflore -- 1. My Childhood and Early Career -- 2. Comedy Series -- 3. Silents in the Roaring Twenties -- 4. Talkies, 1928-1937 -- 5. Singing Cowboys and Dancing Crows -- 6. Vaudeville ...

LOS ANGELES -- Eugene "Pineapple" Jackson, 84, who starred in the classic 1920s silent "Our Gang" comedies, died Oct. 26 at his home in Compton, Calif., after a heart attack. Mr. Jackson was just 6 ...

Eugene “Pineapple” Jackson, who starred in several 1920s “Our Gang” comedy silents and went on to roles in other films and TV, died Friday of a heart attack at his home in Compton, Calif. He was 84.

He broke into show business doing the shimmy at the Rosebud Theater on Central Avenue. The prize was a bag of groceries. After he did it three weeks in a row, his mother took him to Hollywood, where ...