General spanky is a 1936 american comedy film produced by hal roach. Set in the south during the civil war, the story focuses on spanky george spanky mcfarland, an. General spanky ld from mgmua home video released apr. It was nominated for an academy award for best sound recording of 1936, and production values are high.
Spanky and buckwheat are adopted by a southerner and form their own regiment during the civil war. Watch little rascals season 15, episode 5 general spanky. This is a complete original print with excellent picture quality. General spanky 1936 zenobia 1939 saps at sea 1940 broadway limited 1941 the great gildersleeve 1942 gildersleeves bad day 1943 gildersleeve on broadway 1943 a night of adventure 1944 gildersleeves ghost 1944 girl rush 1944 the falcon in hollywood 1944 zombies on broadway 1945 first yank into tokyo 1945 dick tracy vs. Civil war comedy general spanky 1936 our gang little rascals feature.
General spanky george mcfarland phillips holmes ralph morgan 1936 an orphan bootblack spanky mcfarland and the our gang kids help a planter phillips holmes in the civil war. General spanky 1936 in 1922 legendary producer hal roach unveiled his latest comic creation, our gang, the stories of a ragtag group of children and their varied hijinks and escapades. Our world killing the ganges with justin rowlatt 720p web h264spamtvrarbg today. Billie thomas first appeared in the 1934 our gang shorts for petes sake. Copelan, general manall contact men work with and can get, while others, like tenants ager for warner theatres here, and through the publicity depart who stall landlords until the last joseph quittner, producer of burment, maintained by the sales minute in hope of a givein, are lesque shows, escaped last wednesorganization and. Mar 27, 2007 general spanky vhs from mgmua home video released sep. General spanky 1936 original theatrical trailer youtube. Stream tracks and playlists from general spanky on your desktop or mobile device. General spanky 1936 xvid 1cd spanky mcfarland, cast of our gang ddr today. But just one of those outings provided big roles for americas favorite little pals. Rosina lawrence was an actress, singer and dancer in many films of the 1930s, primarily for fox and hal roach studios. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of general spanky with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. With george spanky mcfarland, phillips holmes, ralph morgan, irving pichel.
The our gang comedies accounted for more films than any other series, totaling 221 between 1922 and 1944. Hal roach endeavored to do the same with the our gang kids in 1936s general spanky. Its a handsomelooking film, and it benefits from liberal use of civil war stock footage from such films as buster keatons famous feature the general and d. General spanky full frame, manufactured on demand on. General spanky ist ein usamerikanischer spielfilm aus dem jahr 1936. Early goingson from the first and only our gang feature, the civil war comedy general spanky, 1936, in which spanky mcfarland meets marshall vallent phillips holmes on the riverboat. Here, he seems to be pretty much daring them to fail by using an unproven format within another unproven format. On a riverboat buckwheat billie thomas gets into mischief, and his master puts him in a barrel. General spanky 1936 cast and crew orphaned shoeshine boy spanky spanky mcfarland is working on a mississippi riverboat during the civil war. Bedste nye film biograf general spanky 1936 download full fuld hd 1080p. There he befriends young runaway slave buckwheat william. Directed by fred newmeyer and gordon douglas, it was originally released to theaters on december 11, 1936, by metrogoldwynmayer.
A total of 220 shorts and one feature film, general spanky, were eventually. General spanky 1936 orphaned shoeshine boy spanky spanky mcfarland is working on a mississippi riverboat during the civil war. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. General spanky is a comedy rap artist whose debut album drops may 4th 2015 on itunes and he is supported by healing through humour, a non profit organization that teach people living w. General spanky features just three of the core kids five other minor players turn up as well and places them within a decidedly adultdominated scenario set in the civil war era. Directed by gordon douglas and fred newmeyer, general spanky featured spanky, buckwheat, and alfalfa in a sentimental, shirley templeesque story set during the civil war. Civil war comedy general spanky 1936 our gang little rascals feature duration.
Roach, who first experienced success by launching harold lloyds career several years earlier, would later go on to even greater triumphs with such comedy acts as charley chase and laurel and hardy. Entertainment as part of the turner entertainment library. The buckwheat character was a female at this time, portrayed by our gang kid matthew stymie beard s younger sister carlena in for petes sake. This burlesque melodrama of the war between the states was devised by. Newmeyer, george spanky mcfarland, phillips holmes, ralph morgan, comedy, family, war february 6, 2016 a small boy is instrumental in a famous civil war victory in this our gang spinoff. Two of roachs biggest names were stan laurel and oliver hardy.
A spinoff of roachs popular our gang short subjects, the film stars george mcfarland, phillips holmes, rosina lawrence, billie thomas and carl switzer. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Darwood kaye 1930s signed letter our gang little rascals. General spanky features just three of the core kids five other minor players turn up as well and places them within a decidedly adultdominated scenario set in. Spanky is an orphan shining shoes on a riverboat traveling down the mississippi river during the civil war. Petey the pup white american pit bull terrier registered with the ukc in 1936. Rent the general died at dawn 1936 starring gary cooper and madeleine carroll on dvd and bluray.
Jerry tucker c1930 photo our gang little rascals hal roach. The film focused more on the adult leads phillips holmes and rosina lawrence than the children and was a box office disappointment. Rent the general died at dawn 1936 on dvd and bluray dvd. The little rascals our gang tv 1955 opening and closing theme with snippets duration. A mod release of general spanky was also released by warner archive in 2016. Mcfarland also appeared in a good many feature films, the first of which was actually named after him. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. General spanky 1936 original theatrical trailer jordan rios. Jan 19, 2016 the little rascals our gang tv 1955 opening and closing theme with snippets duration.
General spanky 1936 dvd5 spanky mcfarland, cast of our gang ddr today. This web page features highquality little rascals films you can play from the hal roach our gang comedies along. Turner entertainment acquired these assets in 1986 when its founder, ted turner, purchased the premay 1986 mgm library. Phillips holmes, general spanky, 1936 general dwight eisenhower, general george marshall, and general hap arnold, beside their. Interesting to see ralph morgan as the yankee general. A small boy is instrumental in a famous civil war victory. The little rascals two pack 2 vhs set from brentwood home video released in 1994. Newmeyer e estrelado por spanky mcfarland e phillips holmes. Set in the south during the civil war, the story focuses on spanky george spanky mcfarland, an orphaned shoeshine boy who works his way down the mississippi. The set is available by mail order and digital download as part of the warner archive collection, and is available for purchase via the itunes store. Directed by fred newmeyer and gordon douglas, it was originally released to theaters on december 11, 1936, by metrogoldwyn. Starring the popular characters from the our gang series, this comedy is set during the civil war as spankys george mcfarland guardian. General spanky 1936 out of 4 by 1936 hal roach was attempting to shut down his short productions and making our gang, charley chase and patsy kelly among others join the feature ranks.
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