The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.
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Cast
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| Darla Hood | ... | Darla Hood (as Our Gang) | |
| Eugene 'Porky' Lee | ... | Porky (as Our Gang) | |
| George 'Spanky' McFarland | ... | Spanky (as Our Gang) | |
| Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | ... | Alfalfa (as Our Gang) | |
| Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas | ... | Buckwheat (as Our Gang) | |
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Shirley Coates | ... | Muggsy (as Our Gang) |
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Leonard 'Percy' Landy | ... | Leonard (as Our Gang) |
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Gary Jasgur | ... | World's Smallest Man / Clown (as Our Gang) |
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Joe Geil | ... | World's Tallest Man (as Our Gang) |
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Jimmie Brown | ... | Clown (as Our Gang) |
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George Crosby | ... | Younger Famous Sime and Neez Twin (as Our Gang) |
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Malcolm Crosby | ... | Older Famous Sime and Neez Twin (as Our Gang) |
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Hugh Chapman | ... | Musician |
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James Gubitosi | ... | Audience Member |
| Larry Harris | ... | Drummer | |
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The landlord has given final notice to Porky's family--pay the rent or get out. Of course the Our Gang put on a show to raise the needed money. This time it's a circus, with Alfalfa on the trapeze, and brave Darla taming the "lions." Written by Thomas McWilliams <tgm@netcom.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 April 1939 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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$21,243 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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(uncredited)
aka "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"
Music by Gaston Lyle
Lyrics by George Leybourne
Sung by Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
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The film was released less than two months after filming was completed. See more »Goofs
When Alfalfa changes the price of the lemonade, the sign completely changes between the close-up and the longer shots of the scene. See more »Soundtracks
The Flying Trapeze(uncredited)
aka "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"
Music by Gaston Lyle
Lyrics by George Leybourne
Sung by Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
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Clown Princes (1939)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
One-reel comedy from Hal Roach and his Our Gang. This time out, Porky is about to be kicked out of his home because of the greedy landlord. The kids decide to put on a circus to raise the money for him but of course things don't go as planned. This is a pretty good entry in the long-running series but I must admit that there weren't enough laughs to make the film a complete success. The best sequence would have to be when Darla is pretending to be the lion tamer but the lions are actually dogs made up. Some might object as there are several scenes where dogs are tied to wires in order for the "gags" to go as planned. There's also a rather silly scene with Buckwheat playing a cannibal from Africa. Clarence Wilson gets a few nice laughs as the landlord including drinking the penny lemonade instead of the two-cent one.