Calling All Kids

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

1943•11m•7.3/10

Comedy

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7.3/10(3)

An Our Gang salute to the armed forces finds the gang performing a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such highlights as a "recruiting office" sketch featuring the duo of Mickey and Froggy, and a closing ensemble piece with lyrics that rhyme "Taxes" with "Axis," the film features an extended celebrity-impression routine, with Buckwheat imitating Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and other kids posing as Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Carmen Miranda, and Virginia O'Brien.

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Robert Blake

Robert Blake

Mickey

Janet Burston

Janet Burston

Janet

Billie Thomas

Billie Thomas

Buckwheat

Billy Laughlin

Billy Laughlin

Froggy

Jackie Horner

Jackie Horner

Elaine Powell

Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels

NBC Announcer

June Preston

Performer

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