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| Another MGM Our Gang comedy that has next to nothing to do with Our Gang, the one-reel Helping Hands gets under way when Spanky McFarland receives a letter from his recently drafted older brother. Inspired by the letter's patriotic sentiments, Spanky and the gang organize a "home guard," prepared to do battle should the Nazis invade California. This attracts the attention of Army Major Sanford (Sam Flint), who informs the kids that they would be of even greater service to Uncle Sam by looking out for fire hazards, collecting scrap metal and paper, and encouraging their parents to buy war stamps and bonds. The humor level of this film can be gauged by the final gag, in which a group of diapered babies march down the street under the banner "Infantry." Helping Hands was originally released on September 27, 1941. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide | |
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Full Synopsis One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM "Our Gang" silent films,... Full Synopsis Another silent "Our Gang" comedy built around crazy inventions, "The Spanking... Full Synopsis Despite its title, this "Our Gang" comedy was a silent film, albeit one... Full Synopsis The Our Gang kids hold an election, with "Joe Cobb" running against "Jay R.... Full Synopsis Outside of a cutting continuity and a handful of contemporary reviews, little is... Full Synopsis A truly offbeat "Our Gang" comedy, "Wiggle Your Ears" contains subtext that... Full Synopsis This silent "Our Gang" comedy starts out as a vehicle for Allen "Farina"... Full Synopsis Though completed before the first "Our Gang" talkie "Small Talk", the silent... Full Synopsis One of the livelier late-silent entries in the "Our Gang" series, "Cat, Dog &... Full Synopsis The last of the silent "Our Gang" comedies, "Saturday's Lesson" was also one of... 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Full Synopsis "June Marlowe" made her final "Our Gang" appearance as Miss Crabtree in "Readin'... Full Synopsis A partial remake of the 1924 Our Gang: Cradle Robbers, "Forgotten Babies" finds... Full Synopsis In this classic "Our Gang" comedy, "Dickie Moore", Spanky McFarland and Dorothy... Full Synopsis Originally released on September 9, 1933, "Bedtime Worries" was the first of two... Full Synopsis It is time for Spanky McFarland and his family to have a group portrait taken,... Full Synopsis Four of the "Our Gang" kids fabricate elaborate excuses to get out of school so... Full Synopsis This time around, the Our Gang Kids are residents (or rather, inmates) of the... Full Synopsis When wealthy young "Jerry Tucker" moves into town, the Our Gang kids line up to... Full Synopsis When neighborhood bully "Leonard Kibrick" wrecks little "Marianne Edwards"'... Full Synopsis Expansively planning a camping trip "for a week, maybe two weeks," the older Our... Full Synopsis When open auditions are announced for a radio variety program, the local station... Full Synopsis On the day that he is scheduled to perform a violin solo at a swank bridge... Full Synopsis The first in a brace of "Our Gang" fantasy outings, "Mama's Little Pirate"... Full Synopsis Like the previous "Mama's Little Pirate," "Shrimps for a Day" was a rare "Our... Full Synopsis Capriciously defying his loving but overprotective mother, wealthy young "Wally... Full Synopsis The first of "Our Gang"'s musical revues, this one gets under way as master of... Full Synopsis Although Spanky McFarland would like to play football with the rest of the "Our... Full Synopsis On the last day of school, the Our Gang kids learn that their beloved teacher... Full Synopsis Hoping to get on the good side of the new truant officer (Dick Elliot), the Our... Full Synopsis Little Spanky McFarland's appointment as treasurer of the Ancient and Honery... Full Synopsis Much against his will, Spanky McFarland had been entered in a kiddie talent... Full Synopsis Anxious to go fishing, Spanky McFarland skips out of Sunday school, despite the... Full Synopsis Producer "Hal Roach" had intended to terminate his "Our Gang" short-subject... Full Synopsis Hoping to attract customers to Spanky McFarland's barnyard production of Romeo... Full Synopsis Lovable old Gus ("Gus Leonard") is forced to move his tiny lemonade stand when... Full Synopsis Veteran character actress "Zeffie Tilbury" steals the show in this immensely... Full Synopsis Spanky tries to escape his "command performance" at the Spring Street School's... Full Synopsis When little Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas and "Eugene "Porky" Lee" bring some... Full Synopsis Finding out that the circus will be coming to town for one day only, "Our Gang"... Full Synopsis Hoping to win a 50-dollar prize, the Our Gang kids enter a radio talent contest.... Full Synopsis After several years away from the Our Gang series, the gang's longtime mentor... Full Synopsis Our Gang members Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer and Spanky McFarland form the Sekret... Full Synopsis Upset at being forced to do the household chores all weekend long, Our Gang-ers... Full Synopsis Acting as if the previous "Our Gang" one-reeler "Hearts are Thumps" never... Full Synopsis While staging a "William Tell" exhibition in a vacant lot, junior marksman Carl... Full Synopsis Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Our Gang's resident crooner, has been preparing for... Full Synopsis After appearing as a peripheral player in several earlier "Our Gang" shorts,... Full Synopsis Even allowing for the fact that it's only a one-reeler, the "Our Gang" comedy... Full Synopsis It is Valentine's Day, and Our Gang members Spanky McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa"... Full Synopsis The "Three Smart Boys" in this one-reel "Our Gang" comedy are Spanky McFarland,... Full Synopsis Briefly digressing from "Our Gang"'s new one-reel format, the series' December... Full Synopsis A followup to the musical-revue short "Our Gang Follies of 1936", the one-reel... Full Synopsis Comedian "Johnny Arthur", who played Spanky McFarland's absent-minded father in... Full Synopsis Upon learning that "Darla Hood"'s father ("Jack Pepper") owns a circus, Our Gang... Full Synopsis The "Our Gang" comedy series moved from Hal Roach Studios to MGM with the... Full Synopsis Once again, "Our Gang" members Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer and Tommy "Butch" Bond are... Full Synopsis Spanky McFarland returned to the "Our Gang" comedy series in the one-reel entry... Full Synopsis Filmed on MGM's standing Dr. Kildare sets, the one-reel "Our Gang" comedy "Men... Full Synopsis The "Our Gang" kids square off against "Butch's Assassins" in a crucial football... Full Synopsis Hoping to get even for all the practical jokes perpetrated by neighborhood... Full Synopsis Opening his own detective agency, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer dons a deerstalker cap... Full Synopsis In this followup to the earlier one-reeler Our Gang: Night 'N' Gales, comedian... Full Synopsis Again concocting an elaborate hooky-playing scheme, Our Gang kid Spanky... Full Synopsis Seven-year-old heartbreaker "Darla Hood" throws her steady beau Carl "Alfalfa"... Full Synopsis Last week, fickle "Darla Hood" declared that she would not go out with... Full Synopsis Hoping to earn enough money to buy baseball equipment, the Our Gang kids elect... Full Synopsis If not for the lachrymose presence of "Our Gang" member "Robert Blake" (still in... Full Synopsis "Marie Blake", the real-life sister of "Jeanette MacDonald", played the title... Full Synopsis Reprimanded for his poor grades ("Gee, Dad, don't 'F' stand for 'Fabulous'?"),... Full Synopsis The MGM "Our Gang" series began its slow but steady decline with the... Full Synopsis Upset that his youthful sweetheart "Darla Hood" has once again thrown him over... Full Synopsis Former "Our Gang" kid "Scotty Beckett" makes an amusing return appearance to the... Full Synopsis The "Our Gang" kids must raise 37 cents to pay off neighborhood bully Tommy... Full Synopsis The "Our Gang" kids' hopes to win the upcoming Kidmobile Race Classic are nearly... Full Synopsis To raise money for the local chapter of the Red Cross, the "Our Gang" kids stage... Full Synopsis When the parents of little "Eugene "Porky" Lee" are threatened with eviction,... Full Synopsis The gang's beloved teacher Miss Pipps ("Sara Haden") is fired by crabby old... Full Synopsis Once again, the "Our Gang" kids stage an elaborate musical show in Spanky... Full Synopsis Told that they're too young to join the Boy Scouts, the "Our Gang" kids form a... Full Synopsis The title of this one-reel "Our Gang" comedy is explained when Gang member Carl... Full Synopsis The "Our Gang" kids unintentionally wreak havoc at the gala Hollywood premiere... Full Synopsis Of the many MGM "Our Gang" comedies focused on whiny child actor "Robert Blake",... Full Synopsis The "new pupil" in this one-reel "Our Gang" entry is a pretty young lass named... Full Synopsis In his final "Our Gang" appearance, "Tommy Bond" essays his usual role as the... Full Synopsis Wrongfully accused of stealing, an angry Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer decides to get... Full Synopsis The "Our Gang" kids offer to help their pal Waldo ("Darwood Kaye") attract... Full Synopsis Hoping to get an early start on a fishing trip to the East River, the "Our Gang"... Full Synopsis An unofficial reworking of such silent "Our Gang" comedies as "Tire Trouble"and... Full Synopsis While recklessly playing baseball in a busy street, "Our Gang" member Mickey... Full Synopsis When "Our Gang" member Mickey ("Robert Blake") reads an article stating that one... Full Synopsis The janitor of the Greenpoint department store is murdered during a robbery, and... Full Synopsis Another MGM "Our Gang" comedy that has next to nothing to do with "Our Gang",... Full Synopsis When neighborhood nemesis Freddie "Slicker" Walburn and his cronies tie knots in... Full Synopsis Junior con man Freddie "Slicker" Walburn sells the "Our Gang" kids some... Full Synopsis Having read horror stories about wicked stepmothers, the "Our Gang" kids are... Full Synopsis Venerable minstrel-show impresario "Walter Wills" makes his third and final "Our... Full Synopsis Future film star "Stephen McNally" (here billed as Horace McNally) appears in... Full Synopsis Just when it seemed that the MGM "Our Gang" series was going to continue... Full Synopsis Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the "Our Gang" kids receive a fortune... Full Synopsis Just as they did in the 1941 "Our Gang" comedy "Ye Olde Minstrels", the gang... Full Synopsis A surprisingly good MGM "Our Gang" comedy, the one-reel "Going to Press" is an... Full Synopsis Upset because, as a leap year baby, he only has a birthday every four years,... Full Synopsis "Our Gang" member Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas has told so many lies that no one... Full Synopsis The "Our Gang" kids are upset that WWII is causing them deprivations and... Full Synopsis Moving out of their standard small-town surroundings, the "Our Gang" kids visit... Full Synopsis As the incumbent for the presidency of the "One for All and All for One Club,"... Full Synopsis The "three smart guys" in this one-reel MGM "Our Gang" comedy are Mickey... Full Synopsis "Our Gang" member "Janet Burston" believes that her family is neglecting her, so... Full Synopsis Arguably the least entertaining of all the MGM "Our Gang" mini-musicals,... Full Synopsis MGM's "Our Gang" series had fallen into such disrepute by 1944 that the studio... Full Synopsis "Our Gang" member Froggy (Billy Laughlin) is in love with pretty ballet student... Full Synopsis Inspired by the success of his favorite comedian Red Skelton, "Our Gang" member... Full Synopsis | |
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