Sprucin' Up
Sprucin' Up | |
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Directed by | Gus Meins |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Music by |
Marvin Hatley Leroy Shield |
Cinematography | Art Lloyd |
Editing by | Louis McManus |
Distributed by | MGM |
Release dates |
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Running time | 16:45 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sprucin' Up is a 1935 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. It was the 137th Our Gang short that was released.
Plot
Hoping to get on the good side of the new truant officer (Dick Elliot), the gang goes out of their way to impress the man's cute daughter Marianne (Marianne Edwards), even unto making such sacrifices as taking baths, combing hair, shining shoes, and washing behind the ears.
Both Spanky and Alfalfa pay a social call on Marianne, and before long, the two lifelong pals have become romantic rivals. Ultimately, Spanky and Alfalfa stage an athletic competition to determine who is the better man, an undertaking with prickly results.
Note
Sprucin' Up was originally going to be known as Good Night Ladies.[1]
According to The Lucky Corner Web Site, the boys can be identified in the scene where they are sitting on the curb, from left to right as: Harold Switzer, Robert Lenz, Alvin Buckelew, Scotty Beckett, George "Spanky" McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, and Donald Proffitt.
Cast
- George McFarland - Spanky
- Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
- Marianne Edwards - Marianne
- Scotty Beckett - Scotty
- Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
- Jerry Tucker - Percy
- Alvin Buckelew - Alvin
- Donald Proffitt - gang member
- Harold Switzer - Harold
- Pete The Pup - Himself
- Robert Lentz
- Leota Lorraine - Spanky's mother
- Gertrude Sutton - Alfalfa's mother
- Bess Flowers - Scotty's mother
- Viola Richard - Second pedestrian
- Lillian Rich - Mrs. Jones
- Harry Bernard - Officer Riley
- James P. Burtis - Real estate agent
- Lester Dorr - First pedestrian
- Dick Elliott - Mr. Jones, Marianne's father
See also
References
- ↑ "New York Times: The Lucky Corner". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-09-20.