George "Spanky" McFarland

Melodies Old and New (1942)

Cast: Dwayne Hickman   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Just as they did in the 1941 Our Gang comedy Ye Olde Minstrels, the gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show. Highlights include the ensemble number &"When Grandma Wore a Bustle", the...

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Doin' Their Bit (1942)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Venerable minstrel-show impresario Walter Wills makes his third and final Our Gang appearance in the one-reel comedy Doin' Their Bit. Hoping to entertain the military troops stationed in Greenpoint, Mr. Wills organizes the Our Gang kids into a junior...

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Going To Press (1942)

Cast: Darryl Hickman   

Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

A surprisingly good MGM Our Gang comedy, the one-reel Going to Press is an on-target spoof of a typical "adult" crime film. Determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious leader of a juvenile extortion racket, the Our Gang kids set up a...

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Rover's Big Chance (1942)

Cast: Ben Hall   

Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Future film star Stephen McNally (here billed as Horace McNally) appears in this Our Gang one-reeler as Bill Patterson, ace director at Mammoth Studios. On the say-so of studio casting director J.D. Broderick (Bryon Shores), Patterson agrees to give a...

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Don't Lie (1942)

Tags: Comedy Family Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Our Gang member Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas has told so many lies that no one believes his claim of seeing a marauding monkey in a nearby "haunted" house. This time, however, Buckwheat is telling the truth: The monkey, a harmless circus escapee, is...

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Helping Hands (1941)

Cast: Darla Hood   

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

Another MGM Our Gang comedy that has next to nothing to do with Our Gang, the one-reel Helping Hands gets under way when Spanky McFarland receives a letter from his recently drafted older brother. Inspired by the letter's patriotic sentiments, Spanky...

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Mighty Lak a Goat (1942)

Cast: Ava Gardner Bobby Blake Anne O'Neal   

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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Fightin' Fools (1941)

Cast: Clyde de Vinna   

Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy 

Length: 1rlmin

When neighborhood nemesis Freddie "Slicker" Walburn and his cronies tie knots in the Our Gang kids' clothes while the kids are swimming, a total war is declared. Commandeered by Spanky McFarland, the gang staves off Slicker's "troops" with a barrage...

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Unexpected Riches (1942)

Tags: Comedy Family-Oriented 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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