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Three Smart Boys is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Gordon Douglas released in USA on 13 may 1937 with George McFarland

Three Smart Boys (1937)

Three Smart Boys
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Released in USA 13 may 1937
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OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating67% 3.3591453.3591453.3591453.3591453.359145

Three Smart Boys is a 1937 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas.It was the 153rd Our Gang short (154th episode, 65th talking short, and 66th talking episode) that was released.

Synopsis

Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Porky, and Waldo are anxious to get out of school. They overhear the superindendant of the area schools talking with Miss Lawrence who wants to close the school for a week to attend a sister's wedding. She was initially denied stating that only an epidemic would justify closing school. So Spanky decides to stage a phony epidemic. This time, it is the measles, requiring the boys to paint blotches on their faces. The plan comes a-cropper when, while visiting the doctor (Sidney Bracey), the boys are led to believe that Buckwheat has been transformed into a monkey. Until the end of the film, Spanky thinks Buckwheat is still a monkey. That was when he found out that the superintendent changed her mind and decided to let Miss Lawrence to attend the wedding after all and the school would be closed for a week. Then Buckwheat comes out and they all learn that Buckwheat did not become a monkey.

Actors

George McFarland

(Spanky (as Our Gang))Carl Switzer

(Alfalfa)Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas

(Buckwheat (as Our Gang))Eugene "Porky" Lee

(Porky (as Our Gang))Darwood Kaye

(Waldo (as Our Gang))
And :
Sidney Bracey
Nora Cecil
Rosina Lawrence
Darla Hood
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