Melodies Old and New

1942 11min

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

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Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)(58)

These one-reel sound Our Gang shorts were produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1929 and 1938.

The Little Ranger (1938)

6.0

Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.

Party Fever (1938)

6.0

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

Aladdin's Lantern (1938)

5.7

Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.

Men in Fright (1938)

5.5

The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.

Football Romeo (1938)

6.5

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

Practical Jokers (1938)

6.0

Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.

Alfalfa's Aunt (1939)

6.0

Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa thinks she's trying to murder him. It's up to the Spanky and the gang to save him.

Tiny Troubles (1939)

6.0

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

Duel Personalities (1939)

6.0

While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.

Clown Princes (1939)

4.7

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.

Cousin Wilbur (1939)

6.0

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side. Especially Alfalfa.

Joy Scouts (1939)

6.5

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.

Dog Daze (1939)

4.6

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.

Auto Antics (1939)

6.5

The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.

Captain Spanky's Show Boat (1939)

6.0

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.

Dad for a Day (1939)

6.0

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

Time Out for Lessons (1939)

6.5

Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he ends up letting the team down when his poor grades cause him to be suspended from play.

Alfalfa's Double (1940)

6.0

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

The Big Premiere (1940)

6.0

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. Not to worry--the Our Gang stage their own premiere night in the clubhouse barn.

All About Hash (1940)

5.0

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.

The New Pupil (1940)

6.0

Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.

Bubbling Troubles (1940)

6.5

To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.

Good Bad Boys (1940)

6.5

Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.

Waldo's Last Stand (1940)

7.0

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.

Goin' Fishin' (1940)

6.0

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

Kiddie Kure (1940)

6.0

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.

Fightin' Fools (1941)

6.0

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

Baby Blues (1941)

6.0

Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.

Ye Olde Minstrels (1941)

6.0

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

Robot Wrecks (1941)

6.3

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.

Helping Hands (1941)

6.0

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

1-2-3-Go! (1941)

6.7

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.

Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941)

6.0

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.

Wedding Worries (1941)

6.0

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

Melodies Old and New (1942)

6.0

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

Going to Press (1942)

6.0

The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.

Don't Lie (1942)

6.5

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.

Surprised Parties (1942)

6.0

Since Froggy was born on Leap Year Day, he's upset that he only gets a birthday party once every four years. So, the gang decide to have a surprise party for him.

Doin' Their Bit (1942)

Our Gang puts on a show for the troops.

Rover's Big Chance (1942)

6.0

Our Gang's dog, Rover, gets to audition for a movie studio.

Mighty Lak a Goat (1942)

6.0

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.

Unexpected Riches (1942)

6.7

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.

Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (1943)

6.0

The kids are frustrated about the hardships they must face because of the war. So, the Our Gang kids put on a show to help them learn from Benjamin Franklin about being responsible citizens.

Family Troubles (1943)

5.5

Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah Padden and Harry C. Bradley) for the honor.

Calling All Kids (1943)

6.0

An Our Gang salute to the armed forces.

Farm Hands (1943)

6.0

Our Gang kids Mickey, Buckwheat, Froggy and Happy spend a day working on the farm.

Election Daze (1943)

6.0

Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.

Little Miss Pinkerton (1943)

6.0

The Gang tries to solve a murder mystery contest in a department store window. However they soon get caught up in a real caper when they stumble upon two crooks robbing the store. Mickey, Froggy and Buckwheat are all kidnapped so it's up to Janet to convince the cops of what's going on.

Three Smart Guys (1943)

6.0

Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day. At the fishing hole, there are plenty of lunkers just waiting for the bait, but the boys have some comic trouble. After Buckwheat finds a new way to catch fish, an old man gives them a life lesson. Will they keep fishing or change their ways?

Radio Bugs (1944)

6.0

When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until . . .

Tale of a Dog (1944)

6.0

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.

Dancing Romeo (1944)

6.0

Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.

Our Gang Follies of 1936 (1935)

5.8

The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except they're missing an act.

Washee Ironee (1934)

6.8

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.

Shrimps for a Day (1934)

7.0

A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.

Choo-Choo! (1932)

6.7

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

Night 'n' Gales (1937)

7.0

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Fly My Kite (1931)

7.0

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.