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Shiver My Timbers is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert F. McGowan released in USA on 9 october 1931 with Billy Gilbert
Shiver My Timbers (1931)
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Add to a movie listShiver My Timbers is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 109th (21st talking) Our Gang short that was released.
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A loud sea captain (Billy Gilbert) tells violent stories about adventures out on the sea as pirates. The gang is playing hookey from school in order to hear his stories. Miss Crabtree (June Marlowe) finds where they are and decides to team up with the sea captain to teach the kids a lesson and scare them from ever wanting to be pirates.Actors
Billy Gilbert
(The Sea Captain)
Stymie Beard
(Stymie)
June Marlowe
(Miss Crabtree)
Bobby Hutchins
(Wheezer)
Dorothy DeBorba
(Dorothy)
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