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Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937) -- The gang is putting on a show with Alfalfa billed as "King of the Crooners." But Alfalfa abandons the show saying his crooning days are over...

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Director:
Gordon Douglas
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Release Date:
18 December 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Musical | Short more
Plot:
The gang is putting on a show with Alfalfa billed as "King of the Crooners." But Alfalfa abandons the show saying his crooning days are over... more | add synopsis
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High Production + Home Spun=Freak Show more

Cast

 
Frances Bowling ... Girl with the letter O on her sweater
Henry Brandon ... Barnaby (opera impressario)
Tom Braunger ... Kid
Bill Cody Jr. ... Boy - wearing kilt
John 'Uh huh' Collum ... Uh huh

Gino Corrado ... Singer
Wilma Cox ... Miss Jones (stenographer)
Patsy Currier ... Girl
Charles Flickinger ... Boy
David Freeman ... Boy
Betsy Gay ... Blonde Girl Fan of Alfalfa
Joe Geil ... Corky
Bobbie Hickman ... Musician in Buckwheat's Band
Darla Hood ... Darla
Philip Hurlic ... Boy
Gloria Hurst ... Blonde Hula Girl
Dickie Jones ... Dickie
Darwood Kaye ... Waldo
Georgia Jean LaRue ... Girl in the Love Bug Act
Eugene 'Porky' Lee ... Porky
Henry 'Spike' Lee ... Spike
Annabella Logan ... Singer (song "Loch Lomond")
Ada Lynn ... Girl
Philip MacMahon ... Boy in the Love Bug Act
George 'Spanky' McFarland ... Spanky
Tommy McFarland ... Tommy
Billy Mindy ... Boy
Raymond Rayhill Powell ... Boy Sitting at Table
June Preston ... Little girl
Josephine Roberts ... Girl
Annie Ross ... Herself (as Annabelle Logan)
Jimmy Sommerville ... Blonde Boy in Balcony
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer ... Alfalfa
Harold Switzer ... Harold
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas ... Buckwheat
Bobs Watson ... Boy
Doodles Weaver ... Winstead (piano player)
Kenneth Wilson ... Boy
Robert Winkler ... Boy Carrying Sign in Film Beginning
Gloria Browne ... Tall Hula Girl (uncredited)
Bobby Crockett ... One of the Boy Wearing Kilt (uncredited)
Tim Davis ... Boy Sitting at Table (uncredited)
Billy Diamond ... Boy Fan of Alfalfa (uncredited)
Dorothy Heinrichs ... Girl Sitting at Table (uncredited)
Paul Hilton ... Boy Sitting at Table (uncredited)
Dorothy Horner ... Girl Wearing Exclamation Point on Sweater (uncredited)
Don Hulbert ... Boy Dancer (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson ... Boy in band (uncredited)
Patsy May ... Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Roger McGee ... Waiter / Announcer (uncredited)
Norman Salling ... Boy Sitting at Table (uncredited)
Clifford Severn ... Waiter (uncredited)
Nora Rita Stein ... Girl Wearing the Letter 'F' on Sweater (uncredited)
Helen Westcott ... Girl Wearing the Letter 'I' on Sweater (uncredited)
Camille Williams ... Girl Wearing the Letter 'L' on Sweater (uncredited)
Laura June Williams ... Hula Girl on Right Side (uncredited)
Rhoda Williams ... Girl Sitting at Table (uncredited)
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Directed by
Gordon Douglas 
 
Produced by
Hal Roach .... producer
Sidney S. Van Keuren .... associate producer (as S.S. Van Keuren)
 
Original Music by
Marvin Hatley (uncredited)
Arthur Morton (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Art Lloyd 
 
Film Editing by
William H. Ziegler 
 
Sound Department
Warren B. Delaplain .... sound
 
Visual Effects by
Roy Seawright .... visual effects (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Marvin Hatley .... musical director
Arthur Morton .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Bud Murray .... choreographer
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
21 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #3871)
Company:
Hal Roach Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
For the long medium close-up where he gets bombarded with tomatoes, hard cabbage, lettuce, etc. while trying to sing "The Barber of Seville," Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was told he would only be hit with soft tomatoes. Of course, when filming started, he found out the opposite. The anger seen on-screen is not acting; after the shot was done, Alfalfa grabbed his brother Harold Switzer and said, "C'mon, Harold; let's go kick their ass," and a fight almost broke out between cast and crew members. It is speculated that the vegetable toss (which was done by the crew members for this shot, not the kid opera attendees seen in the wide shot) was payback by the crew for having had to endure the pranks, tantrums, and other mischief Alfalfa regularly caused on the Our Gang sets. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Alfalfa is pelted with produce, his face is clearly a mess from it, but when he is immediately sent out by his boss to collect money on street corners, his face is clean again. more
Quotes:
Spanky: [to Alfalfa, Oliver-Hardy-style] "Slave to his art"... umph! more
Movie Connections:
References Babes in Toyland (1934) more
Soundtrack:
Learn to Croon more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
High Production + Home Spun=Freak Show, 8 March 2002
6/10
Author: boblipton from New York City

Hal Roach was getting out of the short subject business when this movie was being made. He had fired Charley Chase, Laurel and Hardy were doing features only and he was negotiating to sell 'Our Gang' to MGM, where the shorts would continue to be produced for another nine years.

In the meantime, Roach was trying to produce longer Our Gang pieces, short features, or increase the production value by other means to get a higher price for his product. This is the result: Alfalfa sings in that annoying voice of his that people obviously considered cute. And there is a major 'night club' sequence, populated with the rascals. The problem is that Our Gang kids were chosen to be, well, kids, and the results here -- watching six year olds screech swing versions of "Loch Lomond" is pretty aggravating.

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