The First Round-Up
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The First Round-Up is a 1934 Our Gang
short comedy film
directed by Gus Meins
. It was the 128th (40th talking episode) Our Gang
short that was released.
Even more embarrassing, the two younger kids seem to be a lot more prepared for the camping expedition, and a lot less scared of the dark. A thunderstorm ends this camping trip abruptly.
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
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Gus Meins
Gus Meins
Gus Meins was a German-American film director. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany.-Career:...
. It was the 128th (40th talking episode) 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 that was released.
Plot
Expansively planning a camping trip "for a week, maybe two weeks," the older kids refuse to allow Spanky and Scotty to tag along. But when the kids reach their predetermined campsite, they find that Spanky and Scotty have already arrived.Even more embarrassing, the two younger kids seem to be a lot more prepared for the camping expedition, and a lot less scared of the dark. A thunderstorm ends this camping trip abruptly.
Cast
- Wally AlbrightWally AlbrightWally Albright was an American former child actor.-Career:Albright was born Walton Algernon Albright, Jr. in Burbank, California. He appeared in a number of films during his career, and is notable for appearing in six Our Gang short subjects throughout the early 1930s...
- Wally - Matthew Beard - Stymie
- George McFarlandGeorge McFarlandGeorge Robert Phillips "Spanky" McFarland was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s...
- Spanky - Scotty BeckettScotty BeckettScott Hastings "Scotty" Beckett was an American child actor. He starred in the Our Gang and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger series.-Early career:...
- Scotty - Tommy BondTommy BondThomas Ross "Tommy" Bond was an American actor. A native of Dallas, Texas, Bond was best known for his work as a child actor for two different nonconsecutive periods on Our Gang comedies, and also for being the first actor to portray the role of "Superman's pal" Jimmy Olsen on screen.-Early years...
- Tommy - Jacqueline TaylorJackie Lynn TaylorJackie Lynn Taylor is an American former child actress born in Compton, California. She is notable for appearing in five Our Gang short subjects in 1934–1935. She often portrayed the sister or girlfriend of one of the boys, usually Wally Albright.She joined KTTV in 1951 as the hostess of the...
- Jane (as Jackie Taylor) - Willie Mae Taylor - Buckwheat
- Billie Thomas - Kid emptying the gang's canteens
- Billy Wolfstone - gang member
- Cullen Johnson - gang member
- Philbrook Lyons - gang member
- Pete the PupPete the PupPete the Pup was a Pit Bull character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies during the 1920s and 1930s...
- himself - Billy BletcherBilly BletcherWilliam "Billy" Bletcher was an American actor, comedian, and voice artist, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.-Career:...
- Wally's father - Zoila Conan - Wally's mother