Men in Fright (1938)
Filmed on MGM's standing Dr. Kildare sets, the one-reel Our Gang comedy Men in Fright gets under way as Gang members Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Spanky McFarland, Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas, Eugene "Porky" Lee, and Leonard Landy pay a visit to their hospitalized friend Darla Hood. Thanks to a convenient plot device, Alfalfa is mistaken for a tonsillectomy patient and subjected to laughing gas. Once this complication has been straightened out, the kids burrow through a picnic basket full of such delicacies as pickles, ice cream, and hot dogs, with the expected results (conveyed via a clever bit of animation). Men in Fright was originally released on October 15, 1938. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- George "Spanky" McFarland, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Sidney
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Synopsis of Men in Fright
Filmed on MGM's standing Dr. Kildare sets, the one-reel Our Gang comedy Men in Fright gets under way as Gang members Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Spanky McFarland, Billy "Buckwheat" Thomas, Eugene "Porky" Lee, and Leonard Landy pay a visit to their hospitalized friend Darla Hood. Thanks to a convenient plot device, Alfalfa is mistaken for a tonsillectomy patient and subjected to laughing gas. Once this complication has been straightened out, the kids burrow through a picnic basket full of such delicacies as pickles, ice cream, and hot dogs, with the expected results (conveyed via a clever bit of animation). Men in Fright was originally released on October 15, 1938. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Men in Fright
- George "Spanky" McFarland - Spanky
- Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas - Buckwheat
- Darla Hood - Darla
- Gary Jasgar - Junior
- Bess Flowers - Darla's Mother
- Ray Turner - Elevator Operator
- Nell Craig - Nurse
- Margaret Bert - Nurse
- Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer - Alfalfa
- Eugene "Porky" Lee - Porky
- Sonny Bupp - Sonny
- Leonard Landy - Leonard
- Barbara Bedford - Sonny's Mother
- Jack Rice - Orderly
- Mary MacLaren - Nurse
- Director(s):
- George Sidney
- Writer(s):
- Hal Law, Robert A. McGowan
- Producer(s):
- Jack Chertok
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