Putaani Party (Kannada: ಪುಟಾಣಿ ಪಾರ್ಟಿ, English: The Kid Gang) is a 2009 Kannada language feature film. Produced by Children's Film Society, India, the film was shot in a village called Honnapura situated near the town of Dharwad in South India. The film uses local actors, most of them first timers who are new to the medium of films. The film has a particular dialect of Kannada that is spoken by a few in that part of India.
This film has been scripted and directed by Ramchandra PN, a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. His earlier film Suddha had won the best Indian film at the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian Films, New Delhi, 2007. Putaani Party is his second feature film and his first in Kannada language.
Synopsis
A Gram Panchayat (village governing body) in rural India facilitates the functioning of the Makkala Samiti (Children’s Committee) – a children’s body elected by the children themselves.
Directed byRobert F. McGowan OriginUSA GenresComedy ThemesChildren's films ActorsAllen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Norman Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson, Harry Spear, Jean Darling Rating63% A lethargic Farina lounges about, waited upon by his girlfriend Trellis and half-minding his baby brother. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang are preparing their younger brothers and sisters for entry in a baby contest - including Joe's unsubtle attempt to pass off eleven-year-old Chubby as an infant. When Farina learns about the contest, he slowly begins bathing and dressing his younger brother, only to learn from Joe on the way to the contest that whole thing was actually over a month ago.
Directed byRobert F. McGowan OriginUSA GenresComedy ThemesChildren's films ActorsEdgar Kennedy, Max Davidson, Allen Hoskins, Norman Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson, Jackie Cooper Rating60% Friendly neighborhood policeman Kennedy the Cop (Edgar Kennedy) warns the gang to stay away from an old abandoned house in the neighborhood. Instead, he suggests the kids go dig for buried treasure, which they proceed to do—in the basement of the old abandoned house. The house is inhabited by a homeless lunatic (played by Jewish comedian Max Davidson in a rare, mostly non-ethnic role), who takes giddy delight in scaring the children, particularly Farina. Kennedy eventually turns up at the house to save the kids and apprehend the lunatic, but can hardly take care of himself.
Directed byRobert F. McGowan OriginUSA GenresComedy ThemesChildren's films ActorsJoe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Norman Chaney, Harry Spear, Mary Ann Jackson, Bobby Hutchins Rating64% The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area. True to his word, after Joe and Chubby's father leaves, a crazy man starts a train with most of the kids on it, save for Farina who is nearly run over several times.
Directed byRobert F. McGowan OriginUSA GenresComedy ThemesChildren's films ActorsBobby Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson, Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Jean Darling, Harry Spear Rating60% The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not. The gang all comes to visit Wheezer in his new home, setting off an alarm that causes the police and the fire department to come over. At that time, Wheezer's new mother and father decide to adopt Mary Ann as well. The couple's friends all each adopt a child as well; even Farina is adopted by the maid at Wheezer's new home.
, 1h11 Directed byRaoul Walsh OriginUSA GenresComedy, Adventure, Musical ThemesMusical films, Children's films ActorsVictor McLaglen, Fifi D'Orsay, El Brendel, Polly Moran, George Fawcett, Charles Judels Rating49% John Patrick Duke, un marin amateur de femmes et d'alcool, croit qu'on le poursuit pour avoir causé une émeute dans un hôtel, alors que c'est en fait parce qu'il a gagné un million de dollars en jouant le cheval gagnant au Grand Prix de Longchamp. Finalement, après diverses péripéties, John et son ami, Axel Olson, toucheront l'argent, ce qui leur permettra de faire la fête avec leurs amis français, et notamment la belle Fifi Dupré.