Conducting an experiment to confirm his low opinion of the voting public, Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) puts a new name on the...
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1993
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1988
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Jack Elam enjoys a rare top-billed starring role in The Aurora Encounter. The heavily bearded Elam plays a 19th century Texas...
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1986
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Writer/director Gy Waldron makes his feature film debut with the 1975 action comedy Moonrunners. Cousins Grady...
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1975
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Directed by Fritz Lang, The Woman in the Window, a sadly tragic film noir, is the story of the doomed love of married...
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1944
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With a title like I Escaped from the Gestapo, it's a wonder that there's any suspense at all in this Monogram programmer....
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1943
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A grown-up Jane Withers is joined by a whole slew of former child stars in the lightweight Republic musical Johnny Doughboy....
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1943
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Our Gang member Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas has told so many lies that no one believes his claim of seeing a marauding monkey in...
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1942
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The Our Gang kids are upset that WWII is causing them deprivations and inconveniences. Organizing a fact-finding committee,...
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1942
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Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive...
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1942
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Just when it seemed that the MGM Our Gang series was going to continue wallowing in mediocrity, along came the one-reel gem...
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1942
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Upset because, as a leap year baby, he only has a birthday every four years, Our Gang member Billy "Froggy" Laughlin bemoans...
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1942
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Future film star Stephen McNally (here billed as Horace McNally) appears in this Our Gang one-reeler as Bill Patterson, ace...
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1942
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Venerable minstrel-show impresario Walter Wills makes his third and final Our Gang appearance in the one-reel comedy Doin'...
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1942
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Just as they did in the 1941 Our Gang comedy Ye Olde Minstrels, the gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario...
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1942
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A surprisingly good MGM Our Gang comedy, the one-reel Going to Press is an on-target spoof of a typical "adult" crime film....
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1942
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When neighborhood nemesis Freddie "Slicker" Walburn and his cronies tie knots in the Our Gang kids' clothes while the kids...
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1941
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Having read horror stories about wicked stepmothers, the Our Gang kids are determined to break up the marriage between...
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1941
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Another MGM Our Gang comedy that has next to nothing to do with Our Gang, the one-reel Helping Hands gets under way when...
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1941
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Junior con man Freddie "Slicker" Walburn sells the Our Gang kids some "invisible rays," with which they hope to power their...
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1941
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Hoping to get an early start on a fishing trip to the East River, the Our Gang kids board a double-decker bus at the crack of...
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1940
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An unofficial reworking of such silent Our Gang comedies as Tire Troubleand Boys Will Be Joys, as well as the 1936 two-reeler...
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1940
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The Our Gang kids offer to help their pal Waldo (Darwood Kaye) attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their...
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1940
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While recklessly playing baseball in a busy street, Our Gang member Mickey (Robert Blake) is struck by a car. Though he fully...
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1940
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When Our Gang member Mickey (Robert Blake) reads an article stating that one out of every four children born is Chinese, he...
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1940
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Wrongfully accused of stealing, an angry Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer decides to get even with his parents by embarking upon a life...
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1940
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The Our Gang kids unintentionally wreak havoc at the gala Hollywood premiere of the adventure epic Gun Boats. Chased away by...
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1940
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Of the many MGM Our Gang comedies focused on whiny child actor Robert Blake, the one-reel All About Hash is often cited as...
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1940
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The title of this one-reel Our Gang comedy is explained when Gang member Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer comes face to face with his...
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1940
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In his final Our Gang appearance, Tommy Bond essays his usual role as the Gang's eternal nemesis Butch. This time, Butch wins...
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1940
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The "new pupil" in this one-reel Our Gang entry is a pretty young lass named Sally, played by popular child actress Juanita...
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1940
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Reprimanded for his poor grades ("Gee, Dad, don't 'F' stand for 'Fabulous'?"), Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer is told that, unless he...
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1939
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Former Our Gang kid Scotty Beckett makes an amusing return appearance to the series as the title character in the one-reel...
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1939
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The gang's beloved teacher Miss Pipps (Sara Haden) is fired by crabby old school board chairman Mr. Pratt (Clarence Wilson),...
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1939
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When the parents of little Eugene "Porky" Lee are threatened with eviction, the Our Gang kids decide to stage a circus to...
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1939
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Once again, the Our Gang kids stage an elaborate musical show in Spanky McFarland's backyard. Angered over the fact that Carl...
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1939
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The Our Gang kids' hopes to win the upcoming Kidmobile Race Classic are nearly dashed when town bully Tommy "Butch" Bond...
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1939
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The Our Gang kids must raise 37 cents to pay off neighborhood bully Tommy "Butch" Bond. After earning a dollar for taking...
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1939
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To raise money for the local chapter of the Red Cross, the Our Gang kids stage an old-fashioned minstrel show with the help...
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1939
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Told that they're too young to join the Boy Scouts, the Our Gang kids form a troop of their own. Unfortunately, their camping...
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1939
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The MGM Our Gang series began its slow but steady decline with the sub-standard one-reel entry Tiny Troubles. On this...
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1939
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Upset that his youthful sweetheart Darla Hood has once again thrown him over in favor of neighborhood bully Tommy "Butch"...
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1939
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Peck's Bad Boy and his gang of mischievous misfits (including Spanky McFarland) make all kinds of trouble around the circus....
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1938
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Marie Blake, the real-life sister of Jeanette MacDonald, played the title role in the one-reel comedy Alfalfa's Aunt. Hoping...
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1938
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Upon learning that Darla Hood's father (Jack Pepper) owns a circus, Our Gang members Spanky McFarland and Carl "Alfalfa"...
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1938
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If not for the lachrymose presence of Our Gang member Robert Blake (still in his whiny, squeaky-voiced stage), the one-reel...
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1938
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The Our Gang kids square off against "Butch's Assassins" in a crucial football game. Star player Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer...
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1938
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Last week, fickle Darla Hood declared that she would not go out with neighborhood bully Butch (Tommy Bond) until he started...
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1938
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Filmed on MGM's standing Dr. Kildare sets, the one-reel Our Gang comedy Men in Fright gets under way as Gang members Carl...
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1938
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Again concocting an elaborate hooky-playing scheme, Our Gang kid Spanky McFarland places a block of ice on the chest of his...
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1938
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Seven-year-old heartbreaker Darla Hood throws her steady beau Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer over in favor of wealthy Waldo (Darwood...
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1938
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Spanky McFarland returned to the Our Gang comedy series in the one-reel entry Aladdin's Lantern. This time around, the gang...
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1938
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Hoping to get even for all the practical jokes perpetrated by neighborhood troublemaker Tommy "Butch" Bond, the Our Gang kids...
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1938
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Our Gang members Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer and Spanky McFarland form the Sekret Revengers Club, dedicated to protecting such...
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1937
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The Three Smart Boys in this one-reel "Our Gang" comedy are Spanky McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Billy "Buckwheat"...
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1937
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It is Valentine's Day, and Our Gang members Spanky McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas and Eugene...
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1937
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Briefly digressing from "Our Gang"'s new one-reel format, the series' December 18, 1937 release, Our Gang Follies of 1938,...
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1937
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If you're wondering which Warners musical featured the songs "Old King Cole" and "Have You Got Any Castles?," we refer you to...
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1937
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Upset at being forced to do the household chores all weekend long, Our Gang-ers Spanky McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer,...
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1937
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Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Our Gang's resident crooner, has been preparing for weeks to perform in a radio talent contest. With...
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1937
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A followup to the musical-revue short Our Gang Follies of 1936, the one-reel Reunion in Rhythm was apparently filmed under...
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1937
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After appearing as a peripheral player in several earlier "Our Gang" shorts, Tommy Bond made a spectacular return to the...
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1937
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Even allowing for the fact that it's only a one-reeler, the "Our Gang" comedy "The Pigskin Palooka" goes by so rapidly that...
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1937
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While staging a "William Tell" exhibition in a vacant lot, junior marksman Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer accidentally incurs the...
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1937
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Acting as if the previous "Our Gang" one-reeler Hearts are Thumps never happened, the Gang's male members, headed by Spanky...
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1937
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Comedian Johnny Arthur, who played Spanky McFarland's absent-minded father in the 1935 "Our Gang" comedy Anniversary Trouble,...
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1937
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1936
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When little Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas and Eugene "Porky" Lee bring some firecrackers to school, older kids Carl "Alfalfa"...
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1936
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Producer Hal Roach had intended to terminate his "Our Gang" short-subject series at the end of the 1935-36 season, but was...
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1936
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Veteran character actress Zeffie Tilbury steals the show in this immensely satisfying "Our Gang" comedy. On the occasion of...
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1936
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Spanky tries to escape his "command performance" at the Spring Street School's annual Arbor Day show, but local truant...
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1936
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Hoping to win a 50-dollar prize, the Our Gang kids enter a radio talent contest. Despite the scene-stealing efforts of...
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1936
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Hoping to attract customers to Spanky McFarland's barnyard production of Romeo and Juliet, star performer Carl "Alfalfa"...
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1936
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Finding out that the circus will be coming to town for one day only, "Our Gang" members Spanky McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa"...
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1936
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Having successful moved his top comedians Laurel & Hardy from short subjects to features, producer Hal Roach endeavored to do...
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1936
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Paramount's first outdoor Technicolor feature, Trail of the Lonesome Pine was the third film version of John Fox Jr.'s novel....
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1936
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1936
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Hoping to get on the good side of the new truant officer (Dick Elliot), the Our Gang kids go out of their way to impress the...
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1935
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The first of "Our Gang"'s musical revues, this one gets under way as master of ceremonies Spanky McFarland entices the local...
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1935
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1935
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Anxious to go fishing, Spanky McFarland skips out of Sunday school, despite the admonitions of his pal Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer...
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1935
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In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music...
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1935
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On the last day of school, the Our Gang kids learn that their beloved teacher Miss Jones (Arletta Duncan) is going to be...
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1935
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Much against his will, Spanky McFarland had been entered in a kiddie talent contest by his ambitious mother (Kitty Kelly)....
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1935
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Little Spanky McFarland's appointment as treasurer of the Ancient and Honery Order of Woodchucks occurs on the same day as...
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1935
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Although Spanky McFarland would like to play football with the rest of the "Our Gang" kids, he is stuck at home taking care...
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1935
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Like the previous "Mama's Little Pirate," "Shrimps for a Day" was a rare "Our Gang" foray into pure fantasy. In this one, the...
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1934
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Expansively planning a camping trip "for a week, maybe two weeks," the older Our Gang kids refuse to allow little Spanky...
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1934
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On the day that he is scheduled to perform a violin solo at a swank bridge luncheon held by his social-climbing mother, rich...
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1934
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When open auditions are announced for a radio variety program, the local station is besieged by aggressively overcoached...
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1934
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The first in a brace of "Our Gang" fantasy outings, "Mama's Little Pirate" begins when the mother of Spanky McFarland refuses...
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1934
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Capriciously defying his loving but overprotective mother, wealthy young Wally Albright orders family chauffeur Barclay (Don...
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1934
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When wealthy young Jerry Tucker moves into town, the Our Gang kids line up to greet him. Alas, Jerry is a snobbish sort,...
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1934
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When neighborhood bully Leonard Kibrick wrecks little Marianne Edwards' favorite doll, the "Our Gang" kids promise to...
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1934
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German actress Dorothea Wieck, who achieved international fame in Maedchen in Uniform, was given a brief shot at Hollywood...
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1934
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1934
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A partial remake of the 1924 Our Gang: Cradle Robbers, "Forgotten Babies" finds the Gang members trying to escape their...
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1933
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Originally released on September 9, 1933, "Bedtime Worries" was the first of two "Our Gang" comedies in which the vaudeville...
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1933
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It is time for Spanky McFarland and his family to have a group portrait taken, and prissy photographer Otto Phocus is the man...
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1933
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This time around, the Our Gang Kids are residents (or rather, inmates) of the Bleak Hill Boarding School, where the crabby...
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1933
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Four of the "Our Gang" kids fabricate elaborate excuses to get out of school so they can go fishing. Unfortunately, the boys...
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1933
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In this classic "Our Gang" comedy, Dickie Moore, Spanky McFarland and Dorothy DeBorba play siblings who, through a...
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1933
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In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company...
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1933
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A superb combination of belly laughs and pathos, the "Our Gang" comedy "Birthday Blues" was originally released on November...
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1932
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Originally released on August 27, 1932, Hook and Ladder was a remake of the 1926 "Our Gang" comedy The Fourth Alarm, with...
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1932
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To further her husband's political career, wealthy Mrs. Clark (Lillian Elliot) throws a lavish party in her home for the poor...
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1932
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Cheerful vagrant Mathew "Stymie" Beard tries to get back in the good graces of the Gang after stealing their pies. Stymie's...
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1932
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Confined to a neck brace, poor little rich boy Dickie Moore would like to play with the neighborhood kids, but his...
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1932
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Originally released on May 7, 1932, the "Our Gang" comedy "Choo-Choo!" was a loose remake of the 1923 two-reeler A Pleasant...
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1932
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Fascinated by the story of Aladdin's magic lamp, the Our Gang kids gather together every electric light fixture in the...
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1932
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Earning instant stardom via his appearance in the 1932 "Our Gang" comedy "Free Eats," 3-year-old George "Spanky" McFarland...
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1932
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Hal Roach's enduring Our Gang comedy shorts tickled audiences between 1922 and 1944. Originally an off-shoot from the...
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