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Helping Hands

Sep 29, 1941

0h 11m

★ 6.0

Overview

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

Genres

Family

Comedy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Helping Hands Trailers

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Cast

Mickey

Robert Blake

Darla

Darla Hood

Froggy

Billy Laughlin

Spanky

George McFarland

Buckwheat

Billie Thomas

Mickey's Mom

Margaret Bert

Major Stanford

Sam Flint

Head of Civilian Counsel

Byron Foulger

Big Shot

Big Shot Thomas

Sentry

Vincent Graeff

Nick

James Gubitosi

Froggy's Patient

Harvard Peck

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

6.0

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Oct 24, 1941

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.

6.0

Party Fever

Aug 27, 1938

Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.

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

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.

5.9

Boxing Gloves

Sep 9, 1929

The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.

6.0

Mighty Lak a Goat

Oct 10, 1942

The Our Gang gets splashed by mud from a passing car and so using some cleaning fluid to get rid of the mud; they unknowingly created a bad odour among themselves.

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.

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6.7

Unexpected Riches

Nov 28, 1942

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fraudulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances.

6.8

Birthday Blues

Nov 12, 1932

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

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.

4.6

Lazy Days

Aug 24, 1929

While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.

6.0

Wedding Worries

Dec 13, 1941

The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.

6.7

Waldo's Last Stand

Oct 5, 1940

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.

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6.0

Fightin' Fools

Feb 25, 1941

Spanky and the Our Gang kids go to battle over pranks with a rival gang.

6.2

Big Business

Feb 9, 1924

In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Mohawk! Scenes involving close calls with sharp scissors might make some viewers wince, while the manicurist uses a device that looks like a wire-cutter.