| Bedtime Worries | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert F. McGowan |
| Produced by | Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach |
| Starring | George McFarland Matthew Beard Tommy Bond Jerry Tucker Georgie Billings Pete the Pup Emerson Treacy Gay Seabrook Harry Bernard Billy Bletcher Lee Phelps Frank Terry |
| Music by | Marvin Hatley |
| Cinematography | Hap Depew |
| Editing by | William H. Terhune |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | 9 September 1933 |
| Running time | 20' 05"[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bedtime Worries is a 1933 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 124th (36th talking episode) Our Gang short that was released.
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On the day he is promoted to head clerk (or "head cluck," as Spanky mistakenly puts it), Spanky's father (Emerson Treacy) declares that it is high time Spanky stopped sleeping in his parents' room and go to bed in his own room. During his first night alone, Spanky envisions all sorts of imaginary horrors, from a bat (actually a moth) to "the boogeyman."
Thus, when a burglar (Harry Bernard) climbs into Spanky's window, the boy's dozing parents fail to believe his story. Passing himself off as Santa Claus, the burglar attempts to steal everything that is not nailed down. The gang stop at Spanky's house to stay. He tells them Santa was visiting and when Stymie sees "him", he realizes that this man is a burglar. The gang comes to the rescue and tackle down the burglar and the police arrive and take the burglar away.[2]
With Bobby Hutchins, Dickie Moore and Dorothy DeBorba having departed after the previous film (Mush and Milk) and several fill in kids leaving, Spanky is left to carry the next two films. It would be early in 1934 when new faces would be introduced.