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.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.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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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)
Shirley Coates
- Muggsy
- (as Our Gang)
Leonard 'Percy' Landy
- Leonard
- (as Our Gang)
Gary Jasgur
- World's Smallest Man
- (as Our Gang)
- …
Joe Geil
- World's Tallest Man
- (as Our Gang)
Jimmie Brown
- Clown
- (as Our Gang)
George Crosby
- Younger Famous Sime and Neez Twin
- (as Our Gang)
Malcolm Crosby
- Older Famous Sime and Neez Twin
- (as Our Gang)
Payne B. Johnson
- Circus Member
- (unconfirmed)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 178th of 220 "Our Gang" shorts to be released.
- GoofsWhen Alfalfa changes the price of the lemonade, the sign completely changes between the close-up and the longer shots of the scene.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
- SoundtracksThe 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
Featured review
Clown Princes was another funny enough M-G-M entry in the Our Gang series
This M-G-M comedy short, Clown Princes, is the one hundred seventy-ninth entry in the "Our Gang" series and the ninety-first talkie. Porky's family is threatened with eviction so Spanky raises money by putting on a circus complete with various domesticated animals disguised as wild ones and Alfalfa singing "The Man on the Flying Trapeze". Using elements from previous entry Barnum & Ringling, Inc. and having Alf perform something Spanky had done with previous members in Mike Fright, this was another pleasingly amusing entry in the M-G-M-produced-only series along with a welcome return of Clarence Wilson-from Shrimps for a Day and Little Sinner-as the mean landlord. So on that note, Clown Princes is recommended. P.S. This was the first in the M-G-M series to have a credit for editor who in this case was Roy Brickner, brother of former Our Gang director Gordon Douglas (Brickner).
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- tavm
- Jan 13, 2015
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- Budget
- $21,243 (estimated)
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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