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Little Miss Pinkerton (1940)

Cast: Bobby Blake   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 11min

The janitor of the Greenpoint department store is murdered during a robbery, and Our Gang members Mickey (Robert Blake), Froggy (Billy Laughlin), Buckwheat (Billie Thomas), and Janet Burston witness the crime. The thieves (Norman Willis and Dick Rich)...

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The Big Premiere (1940)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

The Our Gang kids unintentionally wreak havoc at the gala Hollywood premiere of the adventure epic Gun Boats. Chased away by the angry authorities, the undaunted kids decide to stage their own movie premiere -- and they even film a movie for the...

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Alfalfa's Double (1940)

Cast: Darla Hood   

Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

The title of this one-reel Our Gang comedy is explained when Gang member Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius (also played by Switzer). This fateful meeting provides a golden opportunity for both boys: By...

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Waldo's Last Stand (1940)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

The Our Gang kids offer to help their pal Waldo (Darwood Kaye) attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist. Unfortunately,...

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Goin' Fishin' (1940)

Cast: George "Spanky" McFarland Ben Hall   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

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 dawn. Alas, the kids' bulky fishing equipment causes nothing but discomfort for the rest of the passengers, to say nothing of...

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All About Hash (1940)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Of the many MGM Our Gang comedies focused on whiny child actor Robert Blake, the one-reel All About Hash is often cited as the worst of the bunch. It seems that little Mickey (Blake) is upset over the fact that his parents (Louis Jean Heydt and Peggy...

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Bubbling Troubles (1940)

Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

In his final Our Gang appearance, Tommy Bond essays his usual role as the Gang's eternal nemesis Butch. This time, Butch wins the heart of little Darla Hood, leaving heartbroken Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer to cry in his alphabet soup. Mistaking the boy's...

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Baby Blues (1940)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 10min

When Our Gang member Mickey (Robert Blake) reads an article stating that one out of every four children born is Chinese, he begins to worry that his new baby brother will be Chinese as well. Spanky McFarland and the rest of the Gang put Mickey at ease...

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Kiddie Kure (1940)

Cast: Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

An unofficial reworking of such silent Our Gang comedies as Tire Troubleand Boys Will Be Joys, as well as the 1936 two-reeler Second Childhood, the one-reel talkie Kiddie Kure is a tour de force for that marvelous character actor Thurston Hall. While...

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