Spanky 1932 film completed

Billie thomas, buckwheat the little rascals our gang. Final two entries for 1937 38 film season completed by mgm. While staging a play, spanky finds his fathers hiding place for the family fortune. March 12, 1931 october 10, 1980 was an american child actor best remembered for portraying the character of buckwheat in the our gang little rascals short films from 1934 until the series end in 1944. Mciver captioned the pic, which is even complete with the gangs dog petey. George spanky mcfarland was born on october 2, 1928 in dallas, texas, usa as george robert phillips mcfarland. With george spanky mcfarland, sherwood bailey, matthew stymie beard, dorothy deborba. The lovable gang of kids has many adventures and gets into many scrapes.

General spanky was codirected by gordon douglas and fred c. George spanky mcfarland, matthew stymie beard, scotty beckett, billie buckwheat thomas. It follows a trapeze artist who joins a group of carnival sideshow performers with a plan to seduce and murder a dwarf in the troupe to gain his inheritance, but her plot proves to have dangerous consequences. This is the infamous spanking scene by beth schacter on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. One of my absolute favorites in the our ganglittle rascals comedy shorts. Watch little rascals season 15, episode 5 general spanky.

Early scenes of this film were part of spanky s screen test taken back in april. Eagles club, the little rascals, our gang myvintagephotos. A spinoff of roachs popular our gang short subjects, the film stars george mcfarland, phillips holmes, rosina lawrence, billie thomas and carl switzer. Roach tested it at various theaters around hollywood. After fannys boyfriend leaves her and sails away, she finds out shes pregnant. Universal pictures is planning another film, and theyve hired alex zamm to direct it. A total of 220 shorts and one feature film, general spanky, were eventually produced, featuring over fortyone child actors. Starring george spanky mcfarland, phillip holmes, billie buckwheat thomas, rosina lawrence, and carl alfalfa switzer, general spanky was intended as a test film to move our gang into features, but did not perform to hal roach. Jack crawford retains title and repeats previous years win over harry hopman 46, 63, 36, 63, 61. Spanky is a 1932 our gang short comedy film directed by robert f. General spanky 1936, a feature film produced by hal roach and directed by fred newmeyer and gordon douglas. Spanky 1932 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

The little rascals dvd skokie public library bibliocommons. Below is our followup interview where we learn more about bakers process and about the films that have influenced the filmmaker. Scotty beckett, george spanky mcfarland, carl alfalfa switzer. Spanky is an orphan shining shoes on a riverboat traveling down the mississippi river during the civil war. The film focused more on its adult leads phillip holmes and rosina lawrence than the children, and was a box office disappointment.

Alad an a lamp hal roach studio robert mcgowan bw17mour gangdecember 17, 1932 filmed september a runaway chimp fools spanky into thinking he magically turned cotton into an ape. The our gang collection starring your favorite rascals including spanky, alfalfa and buckwheat is now available for download on itunes. Spanky, alfalfa, buckwheat, and the rest of the little rascals are getting another feature film treatment. George mcfarland october 2, 1928 june 30, 1993 was an american actor most famous for his appearances as a child as spanky in the our gang series of shortsubject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. I believe this is the second to feature spanky, and the first short. On the syndicated television print, 12 minutes of this short, which are the scenes of uncle toms cabin were edited out in 1971 making the film only nine minutes long. Its a publicity scene direct from the hal roach studios, with original press snipe still attached to the back of photograph, from the 1932 comedy film short,free wheeling director. Join spanky, stymie, buckwheat and the rest of those little rascals for five. Moore talks about his roots and getting in to film, remarking that he never saw the completed shorts. Stymie plays good support here as cottons older brother and the chimp has fun in a diner. Although this is a remake of a 1920s silent our gang episode called uncle toms uncle, the main character is spanky. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. His earliest films show him as an outspoken toddler, grumpily going.

Hand color tinted photo of mary ann jackson, the little rascals, our gang. Gordon would go on to direct such films as the scifi classic them. The 1936 feature film general spanky received both a vhs and laserdisc release. This is a highresolution 320 dpi 2,560 x 3,200 pixel 8 x 10 vintage image, hand oil tinted and photo. Sherwood bailey, matthew stymie beard, dorothy deborba. It was the 1th 25th talking episode our gang short that was released. In early 1934 new regulars for the gang would be introduced. Early scenes of this film were part of spankys screen test taken back in april. Sep 26, 2016 although this is a remake of a 1920s silent our gang episode called uncle toms uncle, the main character is spanky.

Its a publicity scene direct from the hal roach studios, with original press snipe still attached to the back of photograph. With george spanky mcfarland, sherwood bailey, matthew stymie beard. Early goingson from the first and only our gang feature, the civil war comedy general spanky, 1936, in which spanky mcfarland meets marshall vallent phillips holmes on the riverboat. Mary ann jackson, the little rascals, our gang myvintagephotos. Our gang hal roach original photo free wheeling stax. This november, we feature sean baker, an independent filmmaker whose fourth film, starlet premiered at this years sxsw film festival, then continued onwards to locarno, bfi london and most recently afi film fest before being released theatrically via music box films on friday november 9th. The film was based on our gang costar george spanky mcfarland. Alfalfa buckwheat darla spanky the little rascals 8x10 hand. General spanky is a 1936 american comedy film produced by hal roach. Dell henderson suffers torment, especially when he tries to prevent threeyearold spanky from socking the nose of every adult in sight. Our gang the little rascals eagles club 1930s 11x14 hand. Mcgowan, who helped create the series and had been directing the films since the silent days, would step down and be replaced by gus meins. There are some nice, interesting aspects of the interview, including moore talking about finding new life through his service in the pacific theatre in world war ii, becoming a correspondent and writing his book.

Aug 27, 2011 spanky was as cute as could be in this short film, which was filmed during a transitional period for our gang. This very funny little film was made to showcase newcomer spanky and his bug. In the mid1950s, the 80 roachproduced shorts with sound were syndicated for television under the title the little rascals, as mgm retained the rights to the our gang trademark. Spankys mother pushes him to join a local theaters amateur night. With bobby hutchins, dickie moore, and dorothy deborba having departed the series after the previous film mush and milk, spanky sort of carried the next two films.

Did any of you like the 1994 little rascals big screen adaptation. Walker stymie takes dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck. Spanky is a remake of the 1926 silent entry uncle toms uncle. Directed by fred newmeyer and gordon douglas, it was originally released to theaters on december 11, 1936, by metrogoldwyn. Our gang hal roach original photo spanky little rascals.

It has yellowed with age, it is over 80 years old from the 1932 comedy family film short, spanky. Mary ann jackson january 14, 1923 december 17, 2003 was an american former child actress who appeared in the our gang short subjects series from 1928 to 1931. With raimu, pierre fresnay, fernand charpin, orane demazis. Also in 1936, an our gang featurelength film, general spanky, was released. Portions of spankys screen test are included in a 1932 our gang entry. Does the world really need another little rascals movie. He was an actor, known for bedtime worries 1933, mush and milk 1933 and free wheeling 1932. Directed by gordon douglas and fred newmeyer, general spanky featured spanky, buckwheat, and alfalfa in a sentimental, shirley templeesque story set during the civil war. With spanky out on loan to other studios, the next our gang film would not be released until march of 1934, at which time there would be several new cast members and a new director. Many of the shorts were edited for television over the years, and distributor king world productions removed several of the shorts from their little rascals television package. Buckwheat the little rascals billie thomas 8x10 hand color.