Series: Our Gang

Director: Robert F. McGowan
Producer: Hal Roach, Robert F. McGowan
Dialogue: H.M. Walker
Photography: Art Lloyd
Editor: Richard C. Currier
Sound: James Greene

Stars: George McFarland, Kendall McComas, Matthew Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby Hutchins, Sherwood Bailey
Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released: 26 March 1932
Length: 2 reels
Production No.: G-6
Filming dates: December 14-22, 1931
Rating: -/10


Spanky

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Trivia
Copyrighted March 29, 1932.
Film #113 in the series.
Virginia Gilbert, daughter of Hal Roach star Dick Gilbert, told me personally in a telephone conversation that she appeared in this film in blackface. She has since confirmed her appearance after I showed her a screenshot of her scene in the film.
Tommy Bond claimed he was one of the children seen in the film in blackface, though this is disputed by others.

George McFarland
Spanky
Kendall McComas
Breezy Brisbane/Simon Legree
Matthew Beard
Uncle Tom/Topsy
Dorothy DeBorba
Dorothy/Little Eva
Bobby Hutchins
Wheezer
Sherwood Bailey
Aunt Ophelia/Spud
Bobby Mallon
Kid in audience
Douglas Greer
Speck
Virginia Gilbert
Child in blackface
Bobbie Taylor
Child in blackface
Billy Gilbert
Spanky's father
Grace Woods
Spanky's mother
Betty Allgrunn
Girl in audience
Clarence Howerton
Spanky's stunt double

Acknowledgements:
The Little Rascals: The Life And Times Of Our Gang by Leonard Maltin & Richard W. Bann (book)
http://theluckycorner.com/rmt/113.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner)

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