Breen of the hays office, in a memo to scenario editor albert j. Overview of our gang follies of 1938, 1937, directed by gordon douglas, with ada lynn, joe geil, george mcfarland, at turner classic movies. His constant offkey refrain of im the barber of seville. The lucky corner is an ongoing project devoted to compiling detailed information about our gang aka the little rascals, including cast and crew listings, music and locations and video availability. Annie ross almost 20 years before lambert hendricks, and. Our gang follies of 1938 is vintage little rascals, featuring spanky, alfalfa, porky, buckwheat, and darla. He died on october 16, 2005 in minneapolis, minnesota, usa.
It was created and produced by hal roach throughout the 1920s and 30s, and is better known today as the. Spanky, buckwheat, porky and all the little rascals at their hilarious best. Our gang follies of 1936 1935 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. These timeless comedy classics are beautifully restored and in color for the first time. Our gang collection 52 short films, 19381942 5disc. It is the best of the three follies films, probably featuring a bigger budget than our gang follies of 1936 and reunion in rhythm combined. The best of spanky dvd from genius entertainment released mar. The warner archive is proud to present the firstever home video collection of all 52 mgm our gang comedies. In 1938, roach folded his short films unit and sold our gang to mgm. Mcgowan, and originally released to theatres by metrogoldwynmayer on october 11, 1930. Our gang follies of 1938 later reissued as simply follies of 1938 is a 1937 american musical short subject, the 161st short subject entry in hal roachs our gang little rascals series.
Each gang has their own unique styles of combat and its up to you to learn and using strategy out flank and out gun them. Our gang 1922 is an american our gang silent short film that was the third entry in the series to be released. Also included as part of the little rascals in color. Little rascals color our gang follies of 1938 1937. Gangs of new york 1938 a policeman charles bickford poses as a lookalike mobster to bust the. Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 64 produced by 2 music by 2 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1. Briefly digressing from our gang s new onereel format, the series december 18, 1937 release, our gang follies of 1938, was expanded to two reels and the result is often considered to be the best gang comedy of all. The barkleys of broadway 1949 charles walters, fred astaire. Follies of 1938 starring the little rascals on vimeo. Directed by gordon douglas as a sequel to 1935s our gang follies of 1936, the tworeel short was released to theaters on december 18, 1937 by metrogoldwynmayer. Our gang follies of 1938 1937 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Produced by hal roach and released to theaters by metrogoldwynmayer, it was the 140th our gang short to be released and the first of several musical entries in the series. I was a huge fan of the our gang comedies when i was a kid. With scotty beckett, darla hood, eugene porky lee, george spanky mcfarland. The our gang triple play is one of their finer quality offerings. Spanky, alfalfa, porky e darla organizzano nella cantina della loro. As spanky, darla, alfalfa and buckwheat grew up, a host of new characters came along, including a young mickey gubitosi, who, as robert blake, went onto fame and fortune as tv icon baretta in the 1970s, but achieved his highest level of notoriety in 2005, when he was found.
Our gang follies of 1938 1937 and the awful tooth 1938. Annie ross interview by monk rowe 12001 nyc duration. Six individual schools present six special presentations of our gang. Our gang follies of 1938 this mgm era short is burned deeply into our collective memory. In gang war mafia, the world is your playground and life is a battlefield. Our gang 1922 a gang of children steps in to help a widowed shopkeeper when a rival merchant steals her customers. The first our gang tworeeler since 1936s arbor day, and the last tworeeler released by hal roach. Watch little rascals season 16, episode 5 our gang follies of 1938. Lach lomand, from the our gang follies of 1938 lach lomand, from the our gang follies of 1938 skip navigation sign in. Our gang collection 52 short films, 19381942 5disc dvd. Gioachino antonio rossini 29 february 1792 november 1868 was an italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as some sacred music, songs, chamber music, and piano pieces. But alfalfa abandons the show saying his crooning days are over, and that opera is his true calling. The very first our gang little rascals film ever made but the 3rd to be publicly released has been lost for many years and a subject of curiosity for film historians, but about half if it has been found and is shown here.
In our gang follies of 1938, its sung by philip macmahon. With our gang, george spanky mcfarland, carl alfalfa switzer, darla hood. Lhcs our ganglittle rascals page our gang 1937 part 2. Our gang follies of 1938 the lucky corner our gang. In it, alfalfa has dreams of being a great opera star. The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except theyre missing an act. An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store.
Each short subject is presented complete and uncut, as originally seen in theaters from 1938. Italian words for gang include banda, squadra, cricca, branco, ganga, manica and leggera. Players are allowed to custom design their own personal gangster to fit their needs and send them out to cause mayhem and devastation. Darwood kaye our gang kid charles flickinger our gang kid bill cody, jr. Little rascals our gang follies of 1938 1937 color. See more ideas about real gangster, mafia gangster and mafia. Your family will fall in love with the antics of our gang as they get lost in a haunted house, race down a precarious hill in their homemade fire engine, and try to survive an unexpected visit from the famous wild man of borneo. Gordon eugene lee october 25, 1933 in fort worth, texas october 16, 2005 age 71 in minneapolis, minnesota lung and brain cancer porky 19351939 43 shorts 68. With anna mae bilson, jackie condon, mickey daniels, john hatton. A policeman charles bickford poses as a lookalike mobster to bust the mobsters gang. Our gang follies of 1938 is a delightful change of pace film, perhaps the best of the minimusicals, and with its huge cast, full orchestra score, elegant costuming, and richly dressed sets certainly the most elaborate. The little rascals varieties may 5, 1959, a featurelength compilation featuring clips from our gang follies of 1936, the pinch singer, reunion in rhythm, and our gang follies of 1938. From the films the voice of bugle ann and top of the town. The gang is staging their annual follies show, but king of the crooners alfalfa walks out on stage singing opera.
The script for the the 1938 gangs of new york was initially rejected by the hays office because of the gang violence and the suggestion of a sexual liaison between rocky and orchid. The gang is staging their annual follies show, but king of the crooners alfalfa. Our gang collection, the this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc. The king of the crooners gets top billing in spankys production, but unfortunately alfalfa decides he wants to stop crooning and concentrate on singing opera. Briefly digressing from our gangs new onereel format, the series december 18, 1937 release, our gang follies of 1938, was expanded to two reels and the result is. Gang war mafia focuses on a community based multiplayer system, allowing you to share your stats around the world, on android. The gang is putting on a show with alfalfa billed as king of the crooners. Lhcs our ganglittle rascals page our gang the later. Join alfalfa, porky, waldo, spanky, darla and the shoe. Additional problems in the script noted by joseph i. The little rascals august 5, 1994, a featurelength adaptation of our gang which includes gags and situations borrowed directly from several of the original. But after taking a nap and dreaming of a successful future in popular music, he changes his mind and joins the. The barkleys of broadway 1949 charles walters, fred astaire, ginger rogers, oscar levant october 1, 2015 josh and dinah barkley are a successful though argumentative musicalcomedy team, yet dinah chafes as galatea to her husbands pygmalion.
Our gang follies of 1936 the lucky corner our gang. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing our gang follies of 1938 near you. Jul 22, 2017 she was an actress, known for our gang follies of 1936 1935, beginners luck 1935 and washee ironee 1934. Theres no two ways about it by harold adamson and jimmy mchugh published in 1936. It was produced by hal roach, directed by robert f. Our gang follies of 1936 1935 producers were not renowned for their kind, understanding nature when confronted with yet more child acts to audition, but in the late summer of 1935, meda and the girls managed to impress enough people in the hal roach studios that they ended up being offered a film appearance by hal roach himself, in our gang follies of 1936. Our gang follies of 1936 is a 1935 our gang short comedy film directed by gus meins.
She died on february 11, 2005 in sonora, california. In gang war mafia, youre pitted against other rival gangs in brutal military style combat. In our gang follies of 1938, its sung by georgia jean larue. Our gang is a series of comedic short films from the early days of american filmography. Our gang follies of 1938 is a delightful changeofpace film, perhaps the best of the minimusicals, and with its huge cast, full orchestra score, elegant costuming, and. Directed by gordon douglas as a sequel to 1935s our gang follies of 1936, the tworeel short was released to theaters on december 18, 1937 by metrogoldwyn. Helping make this film superior to the other musicals is character actor henry brandon, known to laurel. Collecting all 52 of the short films produced by mgm between 1938 and 1944 for the first time, the our gang collection presents a time capsule of sorts of the franchise during a decline in its. The tworeeler was released into theaters on november 5, 1922 by pathe. Our gang follies of 1936 the awful tooth vhs from republic pictures home video released may 1991.
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