Small Talk is a 1929 Our Gang

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...

short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan

Robert F. McGowan

Robert Francis McGowan was an American film director and producer, best known as the senior director of the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1922 until 1933.-Career:...

. Produced by Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...

 and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...

, it was the 86th entry in the Our Gang series to be released, and the first to be made with sound.

Plot

The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not. The gang all comes to visit Wheezer in his new home, setting off an alarm that causes the police and the fire department to come over. At that time, Wheezer's new mother and father decide to adopt Mary Ann as well. The couple's friends all each adopt a child as well; even Farina is adopted by the maid at Wheezer's new home.

Quotes

• • Mary Ann Jackson
    Mary Ann Jackson
    Mary Ann Jackson was an American former child actress who appeared in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1928 to 1931. She was a native of Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
    
    : "Oh darn it! Why do they have to make orphans and spinach for in the first place?"

Cast

• Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
• Mary Ann Jackson
  Mary Ann Jackson
  Mary Ann Jackson was an American former child actress who appeared in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1928 to 1931. She was a native of Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
  
   - Mary Ann
• Allen Hoskins - Farina
• Joe Cobb
  Joe Cobb
  Joe Frank Cobb was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929...
  
   - Joe
• Jean Darling
  Jean Darling
  Jean Darling is a former American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929. She remains the last surviving cast member from the silent era.-Career:...
  
   - Jean
• Harry Spear
  Harry Spear
  Harry Spear was a former American child actor, notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929...
  
   - Harry
• Pete the Pup
  Pete the Pup
  Pete the Pup was a Pit Bull character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies during the 1920s and 1930s...
  
   - Pete
• Lyle Tayo
  Lyle Tayo
  Lyle Tayo was an American film actress who appeared in 59 films between 1921 and 1948. Tayo was born in Elmdale, Kansas and died in Hollywood, California. She is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery....
  
   - Mrs. Brown of the orphan asylum
• Helen Jerome Eddy
  Helen Jerome Eddy
  Helen Jerome Eddy was a motion picture actress from New York, New York. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm .-Biography:...
  
   - Wheezer's new mother
• Pat Harmon
  Pat Harmon
  Pat Harmon was an American film actor. He appeared in 134 films between 1920 and 1947.He was born in Lewiston, Illinois and died in Riverside, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - Officer in charge
• Edith Fortier - Domestic
• Charles McMurphy - Officer