Boxing Gloves

1929
17m

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Harry and Farina promote a boxing match between Joe and Chubby.Harry and Farina promote a boxing match between Joe and Chubby.Harry and Farina promote a boxing match between Joe and Chubby.

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Norman 'Chubby' Chaney

Chubby Chaney
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Joe Cobb

Joe Cobb
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Jean Darling

Jean
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Farina
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Wheezer
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Mary Ann Jackson

Mary Ann
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Harry Spear

Harry
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

The Wonder Dog Pal

Pete
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Charlie Hall

Sidewalk diner attendant

Johnny Aber

Boxing Spectator

Jackie Cooper

Jackie

Dannie Mac Grant

Bobby Mallon

Announcer Graham McCracker

Billy Schuler

Boxing Spectator

Andy Shuford

Chubby's trainer

Donnie 'Beezer' Smith

Donnie

Billy Wise

Boxing Spectator

Allen Chan

Asian boy wearing sweater
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert A. McGowan
Writers
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Storyline

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Trivia
It is the final appearance of Joe Cobb and the film debut of Jackie Cooper.

Goofs
Chubby has the soda jerk remove the cap after Jean makes a big deal about it, but when the bottles fly up in the air, the caps are on both of them.

Quotes
Farina: Boy, I think my brain just laid an idea!

Connections
Featured in Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse (1984)

Soundtracks
That Old Gang Of Mine
(uncredited)
Music by Ray Henderson

Boxing Gloves (1929)

*** (out of 4)

Fat Joe and Chubby agree not to fight over girls and that promise lasts a few seconds until one walks by wanting a soda. Farina sees them fighting and decides to put them in his boxing ring in order to make some money. This is the first of the sound Our Gang shorts that I really liked and this one here benefits from a nice screenplay as well as better technical qualities. It seems the quality of this early sound features finally went over well as there aren't any annoying glitches or performances due to the new technology and this makes for a more pleasant film. The screenplay here also has a narrative for the first time out of the first four shorts and it's a very good one. We get all sorts of nice and funny action with the two fat kids running around having their pants ripped and fighting. The boxing match contains plenty of laughs as the two kids think the other is going to fall down in the second round but the thing just keeps going. Jackie Cooper makes his first appearance here.