Doin' Their Bit (1942)
Venerable minstrel-show impresario Walter Wills makes his third and final Our Gang appearance in the one-reel comedy Doin' Their Bit. Hoping to entertain the military troops stationed in Greenpoint, Mr. Wills organizes the Our Gang kids into a junior USO troupe. In addition to performing a distressingly unfunny "boot camp" sketch (which attempts to garner laughs by making jokes about "dead Japs"), the gang participates in a brace of production numbers, slickly choreographed by Bud Murray. In the final analysis, the regular Our Gang members are virtually expendable: Most of the entertaining is done by a batallion of talented young dancers and singers. Doin' Their Bit was originally released on July 18, 1942. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- George "Spanky" McFarland, Mickey Gubitosi, (more)
- Director(s):
- Herbert Glazer
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Synopsis of Doin' Their Bit
Venerable minstrel-show impresario Walter Wills makes his third and final Our Gang appearance in the one-reel comedy Doin' Their Bit. Hoping to entertain the military troops stationed in Greenpoint, Mr. Wills organizes the Our Gang kids into a junior USO troupe. In addition to performing a distressingly unfunny "boot camp" sketch (which attempts to garner laughs by making jokes about "dead Japs"), the gang participates in a brace of production numbers, slickly choreographed by Bud Murray. In the final analysis, the regular Our Gang members are virtually expendable: Most of the entertaining is done by a batallion of talented young dancers and singers. Doin' Their Bit was originally released on July 18, 1942. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Doin' Their Bit
- George "Spanky" McFarland - Spanky
- Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas - Buckwheat
- Fred Walburn - Kiddie Performer
- Billy Ray Smith - Kiddie Performer
- Beverly Hudson - Miss Liberty
- Mickey Gubitosi - Mickey
- Billy "Froggy" Laughlin - Froggy
- Freddie Chapman - Kiddie Performer
- Walter Wills - Himself
- Director(s):
- Herbert Glazer
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