Here is a blast from the past, a golden oldie if you will. Frankie Darro was the greatest child actor of the 1930s, to the 1940s. What made him so unique though was that he did all of his own stunts. He came from a circus family. His parents did a high flying trapeze act, so Frankie learned to be rather adept from a very young age at performing aerial acrobatics. Most of you will probably remember Frankie as the voice of Lampwick in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio". In 1931 he starred in a serial called "The Vanishing Legion". This serial is two-hundred and twenty minutes long, and Frankie is in about 95% of all the scenes. In other words he owns this serial. He also starred in "The Phantom Empire". See the post that I made about that movie at this link: The Phantom Empire (1935) In the video clip presented below, notice how Frankie does a flying leap to get on his horse. It is quite remarkable. Get ready for some amazing action with Frankie Darro by clicking on the video widget below. Safe journeys to all the fans of Endyr's Movie Theater, wherever you may be.
