Boys Will Be Joys

1925
20m

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Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work ... Read allAdults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work on a factory. The gang travels by donkey cart to the office of Henry Mills, President of P... Read allAdults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work on a factory. The gang travels by donkey cart to the office of Henry Mills, President of Pan American Export Company, to protest. Henry, in his 60s, is still a boy at heart: he has... Read all

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Joe Cobb

Joe
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Jackie Condon

Jackie
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Mickey Daniels

Mickey
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Johnny Downs

Johnny
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Farina
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Mary Kornman

Mary
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Jannie Hoskins

Mango
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Ivadell Carter

Amusement Park Kid

Loretta Cobb

Amusement Park Kid

Lucile Cobb

Amusement Park Kid

Sidney Allen Jr.

Amusement Park Kid
(uncredited)

John Henry Allen

Black Boy
(uncredited)
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Chester A. Bachman

Jim - the Surveyor
(uncredited)

Joseph Belmont

Board of directors member
(uncredited)

Robert Burns

Amusement Park Kid
(uncredited)

David Campbell

Kid
(uncredited)

Allan Cavan

Member of Board of Directors
(uncredited)

Geraldine Condon

Amusement Park Kid
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Writers
- Hal Roach
- H.M. Walker
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Michael_Elliott

Fun Our Gang

Boys Will Be Joys (1925)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Pleasant entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang series sees the kids getting kicked off some property where they have been playing since school let out. They decide to go visit the man who owns the property and it turns out that he's a big kid himself so he puts an amusement park up on the property so that the kids can have fun. BOYS WILL BE JOYS isn't the greatest film in the series but it's mildly entertaining thanks in large part to the amusement park that is built up in the second half of the picture. I think there was quite a bit of imagination in this section as the rides are built in a rather interesting way and I really loved the look of some of the rides including one where a car is used without its wheels. Another funny bit involved Farina and his wild animals, which includes what he thinks is a dog but it turns out to be a skunk. The movie has a fairly good story and the director at least keeps the film moving at a pretty good pace. The first part of the movie has a couple good moments including the property owner stopping to play a quick game of baseball.