Spanky

1932
20m

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George 'Spanky' McFarland in Spanky (1932)

While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."

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7.6/10

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George 'Spanky' McFarland

Spanky
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Sherwood Bailey

Spud
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)
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Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Stymie
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)
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Dorothy DeBorba

Dorothy
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)
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Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Wheezer
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)
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Kendall McComas

Breezy Brisbane
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)
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Billy Gilbert

Spanky's father

Douglas Greer

Speck

Bobby Mallon

Rowdy Kid In Audience

Pete the Dog

Pete the Dog
(uncredited)

Virginia Gilbert

Child in black face
(uncredited)

Clarence C. 'Major Mite' Howerton

Spanky Lookalike
(uncredited)

Grace Woods

Spankys Mother
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Writers
- Hal Roach
- H.M. Walker
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Trivia
Debut of Tommy Bond. He would go on to appear in a total of 27 Our Gang shorts over the next eight years, concluding with Bubbling Troubles (1940), that was produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer, aka MGM.

Goofs
While Spanky is taking his bath with his mother supervising, another voice (probably Spanky's real mother) can be heard off camera saying "splash it around".

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

Soundtracks
Good Old Days
(uncredited)
Music by Leroy Shield

User reviews6

Featured review

10/10

Puttin' On A Play With The Little Rascals

An OUR GANG Comedy Short.

Little SPANKY is a real pill & the bane of older brother Brisbane's existence. Forced to baby-sit while the Rascals put on their production of Uncle Tom's Cabin, he's not surprised when the little tyke makes a shambles of the proceedings. But then Spanky discovers a hidden horde of cash...

This very funny little film was made to showcase newcomer Spanky - and his bug hunt & money tossing are hilarious - but the talents of Stymie are equally on display as he portrays both Uncle Tom & Topsy in the play. That's Billy Gilbert as Spanky's pop.