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Shiver My Timbers

  • 1931
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
204
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Shiver My Timbers (1931)
ShortFamilyComedy

The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.

  • Director
    • Robert F. McGowan
  • Writer
    • H.M. Walker
  • Stars
    • Sherwood Bailey
    • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Dorothy DeBorba
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    204
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    • Director
      • Robert F. McGowan
    • Writer
      • H.M. Walker
    • Stars
      • Sherwood Bailey
      • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
      • Dorothy DeBorba
    • 9User reviews
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    Dorothy DeBorba and June Marlowe in Shiver My Timbers (1931)
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    Sherwood Bailey
    • Spud
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Stymie
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Dorothy DeBorba
    Dorothy DeBorba
    • Dorothy
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
    Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
    • Wheezer
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    George Ernest
    George Ernest
    • Georgie
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Jerry Tucker
    Jerry Tucker
    • Jerry
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Carlena Beard
    • Marmalade
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Harry Bernard
    Harry Bernard
    • Pirate
    Billy Gilbert
    Billy Gilbert
    • The Sea Captain
    Dick Gilbert
    Dick Gilbert
    • Pirate
    Jack Hill
    • Pirate
    June Marlowe
    June Marlowe
    • Miss Crabtree
    Charles Oelze
    • Pirate with Funny Glasses
    Cy Slocum
    • Pirate
    • Director
      • Robert F. McGowan
    • Writer
      • H.M. Walker
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    • Trivia
      First appearance of Jerry Tucker in an Our Gang/Little Rascals short. He didn't become a regular member until Bedtime Worries (1933), two years later.
    • Goofs
      After the pretend typhoon, the Captain walks into the room where Miss Crabtree is talking to the children and says, "The pirates have got the ship!" He then walks forward and falls on his back. Miss Crabtree is watching him and trying not to laugh. In the next shot, you see the pirates outside the door just starting to enter the room. Cut back to the inside of the room and Miss Crabtree is no longer there.
    • Quotes

      The Sea Captain: [to scare the Gang out of wanting to be pirates, the Captain pretends to challenge his men, then when they talk back, hits them on the head and lets them fall through the hatch to the hold below] Hey, come here. Didn't I tell you to swab the deck?

      Pirate: I forgot.

      The Sea Captain: You forgot? Take that! Hey, you, Cy, come over here. Didn't I tell you to weigh the anchor?

      Pirate: I did.

      The Sea Captain: Well, what did it weigh?

      Pirate: I forgot.

      The Sea Captain: You forgot? Take that! Hey, you, come over here.

      Pirate: Aye Aye, Captain.

      The Sea Captain: Don't you 'Aye Aye' me. You two, come over here. What're you doin' over there?

      Two Pirates: We don't know, Captain.

      The Sea Captain: You don't know, huh!

      [and two more sailors go down]

    • Connections
      Edited into A Little Rascals Color Special: Shiver My Timbers (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Good Old Days
      (uncredited)

      Music by Leroy Shield

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    10/10
    One of the best kids 'n pirates movies ever!
    The 1931-32 release season of the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" was a transitional season for several reasons. First, Jackie Cooper, the Gang star of the 1930-31 releases, left the Roach studio for MGM. Chubby Chaney and Mary Ann Jackson, two other Gang stalwarts, also left the series. For a time, until Spanky McFarland joined the cast, the slack was taken up by Wheezer Hutchins and Stymie Beard.

    The first short of the '31-'32 release season starring Hutchins and Beard, "Big Ears," was a misfire. "Shiver My Timbers," however, puts the series back on track and is one of the funniest Rascals films of this era. Character actor Billy Gilbert is blustering, hammy, and terrifically funny as the sea dog that enjoys telling the Gang pirate stories. The only problem is that the children are constantly late for school, and Miss Crabtree, the teacher, complains to him. Gilbert and Miss Crabtree hatch a scheme to make the gang disinterested in becoming pirates. The Gang dress up as pirates and arrive late that night at Gilbert's scow to set sail, only to be frightened left and right by the "bullying" pirates! Will they set out to sea, or go back to school?

    Some of the funniest dialogue of any Rascals film appears in "Timbers." In one memorable scene, Gilbert is barking orders to his men. When he asks two of them, "What are ya doin' over there?" they reply, "We don't know, Captain!" Gilbert replies, "Oh, ya don't know, huh?" and pretends to beat the tar out of them! Other memorable lines are exchanged between Gilbert and Stymie. Longtime Roach writer Beanie Walker is to be credited for much of the witty dialogue of this period.

    Funny throughout - a definite laugh romp! 10 out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1931 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Разбитые надежды
    • Filming locations
      • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    • Runtime
      20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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