Post by mtw12055 on Aug 29, 2018 18:35:53 GMT -5
One of the two Our Gang-style featurettes Hal Roach produced in the late '40s.
Finding a decent quality print of this film was a challenge, but Dave Lord Heath, owner of lordheath.com, kindly provided a copy from an airing on AMC. This version had a few brief bits cut out, mainly with Dis and Dat, the two black kids. These scenes have been reinserted via a much lower-quality print.
With that in mind, apologies for awkward transitions between prints, particularly during the opening and ending.
While not up to par with the classic shorts, this is a fair lazy Sunday afternoon film, and not as bad as Maltin & Bann made it out to be in their book, IMO.
Bob McGowan was brought back to develop the story, a reworking of 1930's "Teacher's Pet," and to produce. Directing duties went to Bernard (Barney) Carr, who had previously been Gordon Douglas' assistant director on some of the Our Gang one reelers.
The new batch of Rascals include Larry Olsen (Cindy Brady's older brother), Eilene Jansen (later the star of a series of Republic Pictures westerns opposite Michael Chapin), Dale Belding (one of Ma and Pa Kettle's kids), Gerald Perreau ("The Red Pony," and later the co-writer of "They Saved Hitler's Brain"), Rene Beard (Stymie's younger brother), Billy Gray ("Father Knows Best"), Georgie Nokes and Gene Holland ("Song of the South"), Ardda Lynwood, and Donald King. Frances Rafferty plays the Miss Crabtree role.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjHroGEi3So
Finding a decent quality print of this film was a challenge, but Dave Lord Heath, owner of lordheath.com, kindly provided a copy from an airing on AMC. This version had a few brief bits cut out, mainly with Dis and Dat, the two black kids. These scenes have been reinserted via a much lower-quality print.
With that in mind, apologies for awkward transitions between prints, particularly during the opening and ending.
While not up to par with the classic shorts, this is a fair lazy Sunday afternoon film, and not as bad as Maltin & Bann made it out to be in their book, IMO.
Bob McGowan was brought back to develop the story, a reworking of 1930's "Teacher's Pet," and to produce. Directing duties went to Bernard (Barney) Carr, who had previously been Gordon Douglas' assistant director on some of the Our Gang one reelers.
The new batch of Rascals include Larry Olsen (Cindy Brady's older brother), Eilene Jansen (later the star of a series of Republic Pictures westerns opposite Michael Chapin), Dale Belding (one of Ma and Pa Kettle's kids), Gerald Perreau ("The Red Pony," and later the co-writer of "They Saved Hitler's Brain"), Rene Beard (Stymie's younger brother), Billy Gray ("Father Knows Best"), Georgie Nokes and Gene Holland ("Song of the South"), Ardda Lynwood, and Donald King. Frances Rafferty plays the Miss Crabtree role.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjHroGEi3So
