Dog Daze

Jul 1, 1939

0h 10m

★ 5.2

Overview

The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Dog Daze Trailers

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Cast

Darla

Darla Hood

Porky

Eugene 'Porky' Lee

Alfalfa

Carl Switzer

Buckwheat

Billie Thomas

Spanky

George McFarland

Cousin Wilbur

Scotty Beckett

Butch

Tommy Bond

Woim

Sidney Kibrick

Waldo

Darwood Kaye

Precinct Officer Riley

Wade Boteler

Officer Sweeney

Lee Phelps

Captain Prindle

John Power

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.

6.0

Tiny Troubles

Feb 18, 1939

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

0.0

School Begins

Sep 16, 1928

One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September. School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.

6.0

Alfalfa's Double

Jan 20, 1940

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

6.0

Melodies Old and New

Jan 24, 1942

The gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.

5.5

General Spanky

Dec 11, 1936

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.

6.5

Don't Lie

Apr 4, 1942

After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.

6.5

Teacher's Pet

Oct 11, 1930

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.

6.6

Fly My Kite

May 30, 1931

A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates.

6.7

Little Daddy

Mar 28, 1931

Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.

6.6

Helping Grandma

Jan 3, 1931

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

6.5

Came the Brawn

Apr 15, 1938

Alfalfa enters a rigged wrestling match against the Masked Marvel, unaware that neighborhood bully Butch has secretly donned the disguise of his opponent.

6.3

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

Sep 8, 1939

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.

5.6

Small Talk

May 18, 1929

The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not. The gang all comes to visit Wheezer in his new home, setting off an alarm that causes the police and the fire department to come over. At that time, Wheezer's new mother and father decide to adopt Mary Ann as well. The couple's friends all each adopt a child as well; even Farina is adopted by the maid at Wheezer's new home.

6.5

1-2-3-Go!

Apr 26, 1941

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.

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6.0

Helping Hands

Sep 29, 1941

Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.