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Clown Princes is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Sidney released in USA on 14 april 1939 with Carl Switzer
Clown Princes (1939)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 april 1939
Directed by George Sidney
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Rating64%
Clown Princes is a 1939 Our Gang short comedy film directed by George Sidney. Produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 178th Our Gang short to be released.
^ Maltin, Leonard & Bann, Richard W (1977, rev. 1992). The Little Rascals: The Life & Times of Our Gang. New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-517-58325-9. p. 235-236.
Synopsis
When the gang goes to Porky's house, they learn that his family is in danger of eviction unless they pay their landlord the balance remaining on their rent. The gang decides to raise the money by setting up a circus in Porky's barn, with Spanky as the ringleader. A sideshow outside introduces the kid circus' young patrons to Oogie-Boogie, the Wildman from Borneo (Buckwheat), Mademoiselle Darla, the Greatest Rattlesnake Charmer in the World, and the World's Shortest and Tallest Men (Slapsie in a beard and Sniffles on stilts). Also included in the sideshow are the Head Without a Body (Porky), and The Famous Sime and Neez Twins - two boys with their clothes stitched together, revealed as such when Violet the Goat eats the grass skirt covering the stitching.Actors
Carl Switzer
(Alfalfa)
George McFarland
(Spanky)
Eugene "Porky" Lee
(Porky)
Darla Hood
(Darla Hood)
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
(Buckwheat)
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