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Mama's Little Pirate

  • 1934
  • Approved
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
225
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Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
FamilyShortComedy

The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.

  • Director
    • Gus Meins
  • Stars
    • George 'Spanky' McFarland
    • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Scotty Beckett
  • See production, box office & company info
    • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    225
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gus Meins
    • Stars
      • George 'Spanky' McFarland
      • Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
      • Scotty Beckett
    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production, box office & company info
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    R.E. 'Tex' Madsen and George 'Spanky' McFarland in Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
    Roger Moore in Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
    Scotty Beckett and George 'Spanky' McFarland in Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Marilyn Bourne, George 'Spanky' McFarland, and Jerry Tucker in Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Marilyn Bourne, Gilbert Hullett, George 'Spanky' McFarland, and Jerry Tucker in Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
    Scotty Beckett and George 'Spanky' McFarland in Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
    Scotty Beckett and George 'Spanky' McFarland in Mama's Little Pirate (1934)

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    George 'Spanky' McFarland
    George 'Spanky' McFarland
    • Spanky
    • (as Our Gang)
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
    • Stymie
    • (as Our Gang)
    Scotty Beckett
    Scotty Beckett
    • Scotty
    • (as Our Gang)
    Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
    Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
    • Buckwheat
    • (as Our Gang)
    Jerry Tucker
    Jerry Tucker
    • Jerry
    • (as Our Gang)
    Marilyn Bourne
    • Blonde Girl in Gang
    • (as Our Gang)
    Gilbert Hullett
    • Little Boy in Gang
    • (as Our Gang)
    Paul Rodriguez
    • Baby in Gang
    • (as Our Gang)
    Billy Bletcher
    Billy Bletcher
    • Giant
    • (voice)
    Mary Ann Breckell
      Claudia Dell
      Claudia Dell
      • Spanky's Mother
      R.E. 'Tex' Madsen
      • Giant
      Roger Moore
      Roger Moore
      • Joe, Spanky's Father
      • (as Joe Young)
      • Director
        • Gus Meins
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      Storyline

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      • Trivia
        Before his early death in 1968, Scotty Beckett worked as an ambulance driver and never spoke of his acting career. One day one of Beckett's patients recognized the former "Little Rascal" and persuaded him to name his favorite "Our Gang" film. It was "Mama's Little Pirate".
      • Goofs
        Spanky looks at the front page of his father's newspaper, whose masthead reads the "Bradley Times". But when Spanky folds the paper up, it is clearly the Los Angeles Times.
      • Quotes

        Spanky: [trying to find their way out of a cave, the Gang find a mysterious door] This must be the back way.

        Jerry: [inside, everything they see is enormous] What in the world's that thing?

        Spanky: It looks like a chair.

        Stymie: A chair for who?

        Spanky: Well, it certainly ain't no midget.

        Spanky: [they look around some more] What in the world is that?

        Jerry: Looks like a footprint.

        Spanky: A footprint for who?

        Stymie: It certainly ain't no midget!

        Spanky: [getting worried] Somethin' tells me we're in the wrong place.

        Stymie: Somethin' tells me the same thing.

      • Connections
        Featured in Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse (1984)
      • Soundtracks
        Good Old Days
        (uncredited)
        Music by Leroy Shield

      User reviews8

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      10/10
      Searchin' For Buried Treasure With The Little Rascals
      An OUR GANG Comedy Short.

      Against his mother's wishes, Spanky takes Stymie & the Gang treasure hunting in a dark cave. What MAMA'S LITTLE PIRATE finds there will be a big surprise to them all...

      Lots of fun & adventure in this little film. Highlight: the attack of the Giant (played by R. E. `Tex' Madsen, voice by longtime comedian Billy Bletcher). This was one of the films where Buckwheat is supposedly a female character.
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      • Ron Oliver
      • May 9, 2000

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      Details

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      • Release date
        • November 3, 1934 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Мамин пиратик
      • Filming locations
        • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
      • Production company
        • Hal Roach Studios
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        20 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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