Little rascals alfalfa is wooing darla and his hemanwomanhating friends attempt to sabotage the relationship. Our gang follies of 1936the awful tooth vhs from republic pictures home video released may 1991. Our gang follies aka our gang follies of 1936 1935. Our gang, also known as the little rascals or hal roachs rascals, was a series of american comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Annabella logan, later famous as jazz singer annie ross, sings one of the musical numbers in our gang follies of 1938. Overview of our gang follies of 1938, 1937, directed by gordon douglas, with ada lynn, joe geil, george mcfarland, at turner classic movies. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Our gang follies of 1936 is a 1935 our gang short comedy film directed by gus meins. Our gang follies of 1938 1937 gordon douglas synopsis. Arabic bulgarian chinese croatian czech danish dutch english estonian finnish french german greek hebrew hindi hungarian icelandic indonesian italian japanese korean latvian lithuanian. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading.
Lhcs our ganglittle rascals page our gang 1937 part 2. 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 movies will be posted here with credit given to the person that has. He portrayed the villainous manager of an opera company in our gang follies of 1938. Our gang follies of 1938 movie online titi tudorancea.
I was also very sad when i heard that alfalfa passed way possibly. In our gang follies of 1938, its sung by georgia jean larue. Mickey is in the hospital to have his tonsils removed. This was a syndicated series featuring the silent our gang movies with an added sound track of wurlitzer organ music and child commentators who were a boy and a girl, bobby and bonnie. Browse the full list of 1937 movies and tv shows streaming online, including. Wanted updated rarefilmm the cave of forgotten films. In follies of 1938, alfalfa, who aspires to be an opera singer, falls asleep and dreams that his old pal spanky has become the rich owner of a swanky broadway nightclub, where. The best of spanky dvd from genius entertainment released mar. Six individual schools present six special presentations of our gang.
Our gang had the longest theatrical run of any juvenile series, spanning the silent era 1922 into the 1950s. So often a show of some kind was planned, and it was fun to hear him struggle with those high notes and watch spankys easy grace as an emcee. The collection, our gang comedies 19381944, is available for dvd and digital download only by mail order on the warner bros. Roach produced one last tworeel our gang short, a highbudget musical special entitled our gang follies of 1938, in 1937 as a parody of mgms broadway melody of 1938. Legend films our gang follies of 1938 1937 1994 cst entertainment imaging inc. Our gang collection 52 short films, 19381942 5disc. Roach produced the final tworeel our gang short, a highbudget musical special entitled our gang follies of 1938, in 1937 as a parody of mgms broadway melody of 1938. 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. Palooka is a 1934 comedy film based on the comic strip by ham fisher.
Join alfalfa, porky, waldo, spanky, darla and the shoe. As the kids grew up, they were replaced with younger actors. The first our gang tworeeler since 1936s arbor day, and the last tworeeler released by hal roach. Not all of the musical stars in the films dream sequence were so honored, so i guess that their. The new pupil 1940 and going to press 1942 other recurring our gang members. The gang puts on their own live musical revue for the benefit of the neighborhood kids. The gang is staging their annual follies show, but king of the crooners alfalfa walks out on stage singing opera. 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. Metrogoldwynmayer presents our gang follies of 1938, a hal roach production, as opposed to the usual hal roach presents title line. Subsequently the series from 1938 and 1944 was produced by mgm pictures the series was syndicated to television as the little rascals starting from 1955. In the 1960s there was a series for children called the mischief makers. There are some present day racial issues because of the roles of the black actors and some people have claimed the child actors were financially robbed by the adults.
I find it somewhat odd that no one has seen the old silent versions of our gang, and that it is supposed to be lost except for fragments. Several our gang alumni went on to film careers as teens and adults. Our gang follies of 1936 the lucky corner our gang. Little rascals color our gang follies of 1938 1937. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The gang decide to visit him, and end up causing all sorts of disasters. Colombia, cote divoire, egypt, france, germany, hong kong, india, indonesia, italy, japan, korea, republic of. The goldwyn follies is a 1938 technicolor film written by ben hecht, sid kuller, sam perrin and arthur phillips, with music by george gershwin, vernon duke, and ray golden, and lyrics by ira gershwin and sid kuller. For the long medium closeup where he gets bombarded with tomatoes, hard cabbage, lettuce, etc.
The majority of gang shorts in this set were directed by robert mcgowan, for hal roach studios. Our gang follies of 1938 is a 1937 american musical short subject, the 161st short subject entry in hal roachs our gang little rascals series. He played the character of renouf, a deserter from the french foreign legion. She hasnt posted in these forums since march 14, 2009, but at the very least her username follies38girl, would suggest that she might have some memories of georgia jean larue andor philip. Stagecoach conversation incidental score from way out west 1937 written by marvin hatley performed by the hal roach studio orchestra. The gang is putting on a show with alfalfa billed as. Mary pickford plays a french chorus girl in new york trying to make good. Jun 30, 2017 200 videos play all popular videos our gang our gang topic very ancient 12yo boys at 2. Joe palooka stuart erwin is a naive young man whose father pete robert armstrong was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused joes mother mayme marjorie rambeau to leave him and to take young joe to the country to raise him. Full list of 1937 movies and tv shows streaming online reelgood. Of course, when filming started, he found out the opposite.
Ive never actually seen the original title card for our gang follies of 1938, and im not even sure the card was originally released with the short, but ive heard that both philip macmahon and georgia jean larue were given official billing on it. Oct 09, 2016 the gang is putting on another big show in spankys cellar, complete with an orchestra led by buckwheat billie thomas, and performances by darla darla hood and many of the other neighborhood kids. No noise is the 17th our gang short subject comedy released. There is however, no claim that the our gang follies was great acting. The little rascals august 5, 1994, a featurelength adaptation of our gang which includes gags and situations borrowed directly from several of the original. Douglas director art lloyd cinematographer marvin hatley musical directionsupervision william h. Watch little rascals season 16, episode 5 our gang follies of 1938. And one of my great memories is to meet spanky mcfarland many years later when he was hosting a kids tv program in tulsa ok. Our gang follies of 1938 the lucky corner our gang. The gang is putting on a show with alfalfa billed as king of the crooners.
Our gang follies of 1938 1937 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The plan was to have judy to reprise the song here. Jimmy somerville our gang kid previous cast members more cast members. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration.
Our gang kid jimmy somerville our gang kid bobs watson our gang kid henry brandon barnaby gino corrado opera singer wilma cox miss jones doodles weaver pianist crew gordon m. Little rascalsour gang follies of 1938 video dailymotion. The gang is staging their annual follies show, but king of the crooners alfalfa. 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. Laura june kenny came to mind for me, too, as a possible source of information on this topic, because of her onscreen role in our gang follies of 1938. Films that got away spotlights a star is born easter parade meet me in st. For me, what always stuck in my mind was the singing voice of alfalfa, the king of crooners.
Our gang kid charles flickinger our gang kid bill cody, jr. Also included as part of the little rascals in color. In the film, alfalfa decides to quit a pop music revue put on by spanky and become an opera singer, famously singing a pastiche song entitled the barber of seville several times throughout the film. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing our gang follies of 1938 near you. The series was for the children growing up in that day and age.
But alfalfa abandons the show saying his crooning days are over, and that opera is his true calling. Definitions of our gang filmography, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of our gang filmography, analogical dictionary of our gang filmography english. We ran home from school to watch the our gang kids and admired their great adventures. The goldwyn follies was the first technicolor film produced by samuel goldwyn. With our gang, george spanky mcfarland, carl alfalfa switzer, darla hood.
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. Created by comedy producer and studio executive hal roach, the series was produced in various forms from 1922 to 1944 and is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively. Our gang follies of 1938 is vintage little rascals, featuring spanky, alfalfa, porky, buckwheat, and darla. Unlike most other hal roach comedies released through mgm, this one features an unusual opening title. I was a huge fan of the our gang comedies when i was a kid. Watch little rascals season 14, episode 3 our gang follies of 1936. Created by comedy producer hal roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively natural way, as roach and original director robert f. Some sources credit kurt weill as one of the composers, but this is apparently incorrect. Theres no two ways about it by harold adamson and jimmy mchugh published in 1936. 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. Follies introductionking alfalfa performed by george spanky mcfarland and darla hood. 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 gang is putting on another big show in spankys cellar, complete with an orchestra led by buckwheat billie thomas, and performances by darla darla hood and many of the other neighborhood kids. Helping make this film superior to the other musicals is character actor henry brandon, known to laurel.
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