Captain Spanky's Show Boat

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

Part of Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)

1939•11m•6.3/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(3)

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

George McFarland

George McFarland

Spanky

Carl Switzer

Carl Switzer

Alfalfa

Tommy Bond

Tommy Bond

Butch

Billie Thomas

Billie Thomas

Buckwheat

Shirley Coates

Muggsy

Clyde Willson

Kid Introducing Acts

Robert Blake

Robert Blake

(Mickey)

Darla Hood

Darla Hood

Darla

Darwood Kaye

Darwood Kaye

Waldo

Sidney Kibrick

Sidney Kibrick

Woim

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