Choo-Choo!

1932 film

  • March 7, 1932 (1932-03-07)
Running time
20 minutes[1]CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Choo-Choo! is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.[2] It was the 114th Our Gang short to be released.[3] It is a remake of the 1923 Our Gang film A Pleasant Journey.

Plot

Exchanging clothes with a group of runaway orphans who escape from a train, the gang ends up on a train headed for New Orleans. Pressed into service as the kids' supervisor, Travelers Aid attendant Mr. Henderson (Dell Henderson) suffers torment, especially when he tries to prevent three-year-old Spanky from socking the nose of every adult in sight.

Things come to a head late that night when Stymie accidentally releases a monkey from its cage, and the monkey in turn releases a menagerie of circus animals from the baggage car and then lights some fireworks. When the train reaches its destination the next morning, Mr. Henderson receives a telegram saying that he has the wrong children and must bring them back on a train to California.

Cast

The Gang

  • George McFarland as Spanky
  • Sherwood Bailey as Spud
  • Matthew Beard as Stymie
  • Dorothy DeBorba as Dorothy
  • Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
  • Kendall McComas as Breezy Brisbane
  • Harold Wertz as Bouncy
  • Pete the Pup as Himself

Additional cast

  • Dell Henderson as Mr. Henderson
  • Donald Haines as Leader of the runaway orphans
  • Wally Albright as Runaway orphan
  • Georgie Billings as runaway orphan
  • Buddy McDonald as runaway orphan
  • Douglas Greer as runaway orphan
  • Bobby Mallon as runaway orphan
  • Eddie Baker as Officer
  • Harry Bernard as Pullman conductor
  • Silas D. Wilcox as Pullman attendant
  • Estelle Etterre as Dorothy's mother
  • Otto Fries as Inebriated novelties salesman
  • Lyle Tayo as Secretary
  • Baldwin Cooke as Extra on train
  • Oliver Hardy as inebriated novelties salesman yelling as bear licks his face (voice only)

See also

  • Our Gang filmography

References

  1. ^ theluckycorner.com/
  2. ^ Maslin, Janet (2011). "New York Times: Choo-Choo!". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2008.
  3. ^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. pp. 140–141. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  • Choo-Choo! at IMDb