Time Out for Lessons (1939)

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Directors:

Edward L. Cahn, Bud Murray

Writers:

Hal Law, Robert A. McGowan

Stars:

Robert Blake, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland

Cast

Credited cast:
Robert Blake	...	Mickey (as Mickey Gubitosi)
Darla Hood	...	Darla (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)
Darwood Kaye	...	Waldo (as Our Gang)
Leonard 'Percy' Landy	...	Leonard (as Our Gang)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan Blake	...	(as Jovanni Gubitosi) (unconfirmed)
Gloria Browne	...	Spanky's Dance Partner
Hugh Chapman	...	Kid Who Speaks to Mickey
Joe Geil	...	Dancer
James Gubitosi	...	College Student
Paul Hilton	...	Alfalfa's Roommate
Janice Hood	...	Girl at Pep Rally

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

children | our gang | 

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Genres:

Short | Comedy | Family | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 1939 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,390 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$34,572, 31 December 1939

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This short's date of release, Saturday, December 2nd, 1939, was exactly 26 years before Disney's extremely hilarious comedy movie, That Darn Cat! (1965)'s release date, of Thursday, December 2nd, 1965.

User Reviews

The Worst Our Gang To This Point

Time Out for Lessons (1939)

* (out of 4)

Alfalfa and Mickey are in a room where they're supposed to be doing homework but they're actually planning out a football play. Alfalfa is on his way out to practice when his father stops him and wants to talk about his future without studying. We then cut to a fantasy sequence where Alfalfa is in school, not studying and it's the night before a big game. TIME OUT FOR LESSONS has a message but it's completely lost throughout the incredibly boring and lifeless story. There have been quite a few negative Our Gang shorts from MGM but this here is certainly the worst that the series has seen up to this point. There's really not too many good things you can say about this other than it thankfully just runs 9-minutes so it's over rather quickly. Outside of this there's really nothing going on here. It's pretty bad when the kids themselves can't bring any charm to the film because they usually do at least that. There's simply no story here and dragging it out doesn't help anything. Even worse is that there's not a single laugh to be had and you really had to wonder what the writers were thinking when they came up with this.