Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas

Dancing Romeo (1944)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Our Gang member Froggy (Billy Laughlin) is in love with pretty ballet student Marilyn (Valerie Lee), but she is dedicated to her art. To win Marilyn's affections, Froggy tries to pass himself off as a master terpsichorean, with the assistance of the...

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Election Daze (1943)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

As the incumbent for the presidency of the "One for All and All for One Club," little Mickey (Robert Blake) is so certain he will win that he refuses to campaign. The situation changes radically when Mickey is challenged by political upstart Froggy...

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Three Smart Guys (1943)

Cast: Bobby Blake   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

The "three smart guys" in this one-reel MGM Our Gang comedy are Mickey (Robert Blake), Froggy (Billy Laughlin), and Buckwheat (Billie Thomas), who devise a scheme to play hooky from school and go fishing. But upon arriving at the river bank, the kids...

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Family Troubles (1943)

Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah...

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Calling All Kids (1943)

Cast: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Arguably the least entertaining of all the MGM Our Gang mini-musicals, Calling All Kids finds the gang invading a local radio station to perform a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such dubious highlights as a "recruting office" sketch...

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Farm Hands (1943)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Moving out of their standard small-town surroundings, the Our Gang kids visit the farm owned by the uncle of Gang member Mickey (Robert Blake). Here the youngsters attempt to milk a cow by placing two bottles under the udders and hoping that nature...

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Mighty Lak a Goat (1942)

Cast: Ava Gardner Anne O'Neal Charles Sullivan   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Just when it seemed that the MGM Our Gang series was going to continue wallowing in mediocrity, along came the one-reel gem Mighty Lak a Goat. In this consistently funny outing, the Gang members try to clean off their clothes after being splattered...

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Unexpected Riches (1942)

Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fradulent map provided by one of their...

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Benjamin Franklin Jr. (1942)

Cast: George "Spanky" McFarland Darla Hood   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 11min

The Our Gang kids are upset that WWII is causing them deprivations and inconveniences. Organizing a fact-finding committee, Gang members Mickey (Robert Blake), Froggy (Billy Laughlin), Buckwheat (Billy Thomas), and Janet Burston try to determine what...

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