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Calling All Kids is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Sam Baerwitz released in USA on 24 april 1943 with Robert Blake
Calling All Kids (1943)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 april 1943
Directed by Sam Baerwitz
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Rating58%
Calling All Kids is a 1943 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Sam Baerwitz. It was the 214th Our Gang short (215th episode, 126th talking short, 127th talking episode, and 46th MGM produced episode) that was released.
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Another World War II MGM Our Gang mini-musical, Calling All Kids finds the gang invading a local radio station to perform a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such highlights as a "recruiting office" sketch featuring the duo of Mickey and Froggy, and a closing ensemble piece with lyrics that rhyme "Taxes" with "Axis," the film features an extended celebrity-impression routine, with Buckwheat imitating Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and other kids posing as Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Carmen Miranda, and Virginia O'Brien.Actors
Robert Blake
(Mickey)
Billy Laughlin
(Froggy)
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
(Buckwheat)
Janet Burston
(Janet)
Eddie Anderson
(Voice-over for Buckwheat)
Bobby Anderson
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