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Fly My Kite is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert F. McGowan released in USA on 30 may 1931 with Stymie Beard

Fly My Kite (1931)

Fly My Kite
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Released in USA 30 may 1931
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OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating73% 3.673733.673733.673733.673733.67373

Fly My Kite is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 107th Our Gang short that was released.

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Grandma, who recently sold her grocery store, is enjoying retirement with her beloved "grandchildren". She's actually a widow who outlived her only daughter, who was married but childless. Grandma lives in her son-in-law's house and he's in charge of her money, which he has mostly spent. Meanwhile, she is having fun with the Gang—she's not any one child's grandma but everyone's grandma. Her son-in-law, however, wants to remarry and he and his intended both want Grandma out of the house so they can move in.

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