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Spanky is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert F. McGowan released in USA on 25 march 1932 with George McFarland
Spanky (1932)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 march 1932
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Rating76%
Spanky is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 113th (25th talking episode) Our Gang short that was released. The film was based on Our Gang co-star George "Spanky" McFarland.
Synopsis
Although this is a remake of a 1920's silent Our Gang episode called Uncle Tom's Uncle, the main character is Spanky. Early scenes of this film were part of Spanky's screen test taken back in April 1931 during his first visit to Hal Roach Studios. It included him bug hunting. Meanwhile, his brother Breezy Brisbane and the rest of the gang are putting on a play of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Brisbane is forced to supervise Spanky. Also, Spanky's dad refuses to spend money in order to keep the house clean though he has tons of it hidden in a closet.Actors
George McFarland
(Spanky)
Kendall McComas
(Breezy Brisbane/Simon Legree)
Bobby Hutchins
(Wheezer/Marks the Lawyer)
Stymie Beard
(Stymie / Uncle Tom / Topsy)
Dorothy DeBorba
(Dorothy/Little Eva)
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Confined to a neck brace, poor little rich boy Dickie would like to play with the neighborhood kids, but his overprotective mother will not let him. On the sly, however, Dickie sneaks out of his bedroom in search of adventure in the company of his best pal, Stymie. Purchasing a ride on the donkey-driven "taxicab" piloted by Breezy Brisbane, the boys, along with hitchhikers Spanky and Jacquie Lyn, experience enough thrills and excitement to last a lifetime when the taxi begins rolling down a steep hill minus brakes.
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Rating78%
The gang tries to escape their babysitting chores by coercing Spanky (George McFarland) to mind their baby brothers and sisters while they go swimming. Unfortunately, the infants would prefer to run (or crawl) amok, forcing Spanky to take desperate measures.
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Rating74%
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Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
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Rating77%
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Themes Children's films
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Wheezer's mother and father continue to fight in an unconvincing and thoroughly hammy fashion over many different silly things, such as the coffee being too cold or the toast being burned. Wheezer overhears his father telling his mother that he is getting her a divorce. Not knowing what a divorce is, Wheezer tells Stymie, Dorothy, and Sherwood. They speculate on what a divorce means, at one point deciding it might be something good. Then Donald tells the gang what a divorce is, and people start sobbing. He even tells Wheezer that he will have no father anymore. His mother might either remarry and give him a stepfather and states that his step father beats him regularly. He also says that maybe his mother will throw him into an orphanage and not want him anymore.