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Hook and Ladder

  • 1932
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Hook and Ladder (1932)
FamilyComedyShort

The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

  • Director
    • Robert F. McGowan
  • Writers
    • Robert A. McGowan
    • Hal Roach
    • H.M. Walker
  • Stars
    • Sherwood Bailey
    • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Dorothy DeBorba
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    279
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert F. McGowan
    • Writers
      • Robert A. McGowan
      • Hal Roach
      • H.M. Walker
    • Stars
      • Sherwood Bailey
      • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
      • Dorothy DeBorba
    • 10User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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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)
    Kendall McComas
    • Breezy
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    George 'Spanky' McFarland
    George 'Spanky' McFarland
    • Spanky
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Dickie Moore
    Dickie Moore
    • Dickie
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Pete the Dog
    Pete the Dog
    • Pete
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Buddy McDonald
    • Speck
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Harold 'Bouncy' Wertz
    • Bouncy
    • (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
    Gene Morgan
    Gene Morgan
    • Fireman
    Don Sandstrom
    • Fire hazard bit
    • Director
      • Robert F. McGowan
    • Writers
      • Robert A. McGowan(uncredited)
      • Hal Roach(uncredited)
      • H.M. Walker
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    • Quotes

      Stymie: [Careening downhill in makeshift fire engine] - I don't know where we goin', but we're on our way.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Our Gang Story (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Good Old Days
      (uncredited)

      Music by Leroy Shield

    User reviews10

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    Featured review
    10/10
    Watch out for belly laughs
    For decades this episode was just below my Top Ten in the Little Rascals canon, but a recent viewing fest has finally bumped it up to that hallowed spot.

    This could lay fair claim as the series' most inventive episode. Gadgetry abounds. Stymie, Dickie and little brother Spanky are among the heads of the gang's own Fire Brigade, responding to a newspaper article pleading for more local firefighters. Dickie Moore, one of Hollywood's most in-demand child actors, makes his series debut here. Sadly, it was to be his last season as well. Spanky, who'd debuted half a season prior, has the very funniest scenes. Baby Spanky just slays me--whether he's rebelling at taking his half-hour medicine dosage, or whether he's dinkering with the makeshift intercom system by blowing dust onto Dorothy's head--accompanied by that incomparable nasty laugh. Stymie is simply in his greatest period here.

    And there's that supporting cast of characters: dogs, cats, horses, goats are pressed into service, primarily to power the gang's three (four?) fire trucks. I especially like the little dog on the treadmill (was that Laughing Gravy from the Laurel & Hardy series?); his barks are dubbed in for extra loudness. And was Pete's offscreen yelp supposed to be the cat in the cage scratching him? And in case you hadn't noticed, the shot of the goat and mule sitting back down was really that same shot run backwards--the same comic device was later used in the episode "Honkey Donkey".
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    • Release date
      • August 27, 1932 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Крюк и лестница
    • Filming locations
      • 10416 National Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA(Fire House Exterior)
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    • Runtime
      20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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