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The Kid from Borneo

  • 1933
  • Approved
  • 18m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
471
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The Kid from Borneo (1933)
ComedyFamilyRomanceShort

The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."

  • Director
    • Robert F. McGowan
  • Stars
    • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Tommy Bond
    • Dorothy DeBorba
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    471
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert F. McGowan
    • Stars
      • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
      • Tommy Bond
      • Dorothy DeBorba
    • 14User reviews
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    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Stymie
    • (as Our Gang)
    Tommy Bond
    Tommy Bond
    • Tommy
    • (as Our Gang)
    Dorothy DeBorba
    Dorothy DeBorba
    • Dorothy
    • (as Our Gang)
    Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
    Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
    • Wheezer
    • (as Our Gang)
    George 'Spanky' McFarland
    George 'Spanky' McFarland
    • Spanky
    • (as Our Gang)
    Dickie Moore
    Dickie Moore
    • Dickie
    • (as Our Gang)
    Pete the Dog
    Pete the Dog
    • Pete the Pup
    • (as Our Gang)
    Henry Hanna
    • Our Gang Member
    • (as Our Gang)
    Dickie Jackson
    • Our Gang Member
    • (as Our Gang)
    Harry Bernard
    Harry Bernard
    • Sideshow Manager
    Otto Fries
    • The Kids' Dad
    Dick Gilbert
    Dick Gilbert
    • Worker
    John Lester Johnson
    • Bumbo - 'The Wild Man From Borneo'
    May Wallace
    May Wallace
    • The Kids' Mother
    Chester A. Bachman
    Chester A. Bachman
    • Man from License Bureau
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert F. McGowan
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    Braves21688

    One of the very best

    Millions of children howled with delight when they saw this film on television in the 50's, and its just as funny today! Although there is arguably a subtle anti-miscegenation message here-what would happen if white children actually had a black uncle?-you must understand that sex, not race, was the taboo topic then, and 1930's audiences would have thought this perfectly appropriate comic fare, but would have been shocked and offended by what we would regard as the mildest of sexual innuendo found in current comedies! Children, however, are impressed by the madcap frenetic pace of the film, and the musical score that matches the action so perfectly-it is a work of true artistry in this regard. Most of the best Our Gang comedies have a racial theme-check out "Little Sinner" or"A Lad and a Lamp", for example. The comedy is nonetheless excellent-it's a marvel that they did so well on such a small budget. Anyone who can't appreciate these films is wound a little too tightly.
    6gavin6942

    Good Fun

    The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie and Spanky's uncle George, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."

    I watched this as part of a Super-8 movie event, so the version I watched may have had a few minutes clipped from the film (though with the full film being eighteen minutes, I doubt very much was removed).

    There were some good jokes that stood the test of time, and got me cracking up. There is some issues with racial content, but honestly not as bad as you might think (at least what I saw). By no means did I get the impression that everyone from Borneo was a cannibal or wild. This is not really any more or less racist than anything else coming out in the 1930s.

    The best part is definitely when the younger kid (Spanky?) is feeding the wild man from the pantry. While obviously edited, it is amusing to see the bottomless pit that is the cannibal's stomach.
    10Squonk

    Spanky is a comic genius

    If given the difficult task of choosing the very best of the Our Gang comedies "The Kid from Borneo" would certainly be in the running. In this short, Dickie, Dorothy, and Spanky mistake a wild-man from Borneo for their uncle George. This wild-man has a taste for candy, so when he sees Stymie snacking on candy he pursues the gang, shouting "Yum yum, eat 'em up" the whole way. Of course the gang thinks he wants to eat them. The highlight of this film has to be Spanky's kitchen encounter with the wild-man. The scene is proof that Spanky was a child actor of amazing comic ability. Some of his reactions are so subtle yet hilarious you would think he had spent years studying the great comic actors of the time.
    2xidax

    Disappointing

    I can only assume this short's popularity has something to do with its political incorrectness; in itself it's rather lame. How funny is it really to see a grunting halfwit running around in circles after a bunch of little kids? The film does have its moments, especially with Spanky and Bumbo in the kitchen, but overall it reminded me a lot of that standard childhood nightmare of being chased by a gorilla, except not as exciting. I pass on this one.
    8tavm

    The Kid from Borneo, despite some uncomfortable moments concerning some characterizations thought of a certain race at the time, is one of the funniest of the Our Gang shorts

    This Hal Roach comedy short, The Kid from Borneo, is the one hundred twenty-second in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series and the thirty-fourth talkie. In this one, the uncle of Spanky, Dickie, and Dorothy is supposed to come to town with a traveling sideshow. The mother is anxious to see him again but the father, not so much. The gang ends up going to the place the show's at but they miss him and sees this child-like man who loves candy but is mistaken for Spanky's uncle and also a cannibal...Okay, the fact that the "uncle" is black and primitive in characterization may give one pause watching today but otherwise, this was one of the most hilarious shorts in the series yet especially when Spanky and Stymie are involved! So on that note, I highly recommend The Kid from Borneo. P.S. This was Tommy Bond's second appearance in the series but the first in which he has lines.

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    • Trivia
      When Spanky is escaping from the scary man he thinks is 'Uncle George', he runs across an empty field where, in the distance, there is a hill with the number "57" visible on its face. This was an enormous advertisement, made of cement, for the Heinz 57 brand of pickles and other products. The colossal advertisement can be seen in historic photographs as early as 1916 (Huntington Library, San Marino, California, collection) and is also visible in other Hal Roach productions, such as Laurel & Hardy's Les ramoneurs (1933).
    • Goofs
      When Spanky feeds Bumbo just about everything in the icebox, one of the items he pulls out is a portion of a roll of bologna, cut in the middle so that the last two large letters of the brand name "Luer", are seen at the sliced end. He hands it to Bumbo and when he takes a bite, the bologna is longer, and the letters UER are now visible. (Luer's was a popular brand of hot dogs and luncheon meats beginning in 1885 in Los Angeles, and continuing at least into the 1950s when the company's "Quality Meat" rocket ship vehicle - similar to the Oscar Mayer 'Weinermobile" - travelled the United States promoting its products.)
    • Quotes

      Bumbo, "The Wild Man From Borneo": Yum-Yum! Eat 'em up!

    • Connections
      Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Good Old Days
      (uncredited)

      Music by Leroy Shield

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    • Release date
      • April 15, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Сорванец из Борнео
    • Filming locations
      • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    • Budget
      • $21,500 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 18m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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