Gallegher (character)
Gallegher is the title of a story by American author Richard Harding Davis that was published in 1891. The character Gallegher is a copy boy at a newspaper who goes on investigative adventures. In 1917, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.'s Conquest Pictures released a short film titled Gallegher: a newspaper story. The character was also used for the 1928 film Let 'Er Go Gallegher.
Walt [Disney's Wonderful World of Color] also produced several series based on the story from 1965 until 1968 including Gallegger , The Further Adventures of Gallegher, Gallegher Goes West, and The Mystery of Edward Sims.
History
Davis, who worked as a journalist as well as a writer, published Gallegher and Other Stories with Scribner's in 1891. The book has a frontispiece and five illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson.Disney
The three Gallegher television episodes from Disney led to the three-part sequel The Further Adventures of Gallegher, the four-part Gallegher Goes West series, and the two episodes titled The Mystery of Edward Sims.Gold [Key Comics] did a one-shot comic tie-in to the Disney episodes: Walt Disney's Gallegher, Boy Reporter in 1965.