- The First Seven Years
Infobox Film
name = The First Seven Years
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director =Robert F. McGowan
producer =Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
writer =Robert A. McGowan
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cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = MGM
released =1 March ,1930
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Shivering Shakespeare "
followed_by = "When the Wind Blows"
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imdb_id = 0020887"The First Seven Years" is a 1930 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed byRobert F. McGowan . cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225648/The-First-Seven-Years/overview |title=New York Times: The First Seven Years accessdate=2008-09-19|work=NY Times] It was the 96th (eighth talking) "Our Gang " short that was released.Plot
Jackie is in love with Mary Ann but she is not interested in any boy. Donald also is in love with Mary Ann. Mary Ann, after beating up Jackie (who got agressive after seeking advise from Kennedy the Cop), decides to play along. She suggests that Jackie and Donald fight in a duel. Jackie tries to chicken out but winds up fighting Donald. They both use real swords and cut up tons of laundry on the clothes lines. The rest of the gang roots for Jackie. In the end they drop their swords and fight with their fists. Jackie wins and Donald's father comes out and holds Jackie down and has Donald hit Jackie until Jackie's elderly grandmother steps in and knocks Donald and his dad out. The gang then cheers her on.
Cast
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Jackie Cooper - Jackie
*Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
*Mary Ann Jackson - Mary Ann
*Donald Haines - Speck
*Allen Hoskins - Farina
*Norman Chaney - Chubby
*Jannie Hoskins
*Pete the Pup - Petie
*Edgar Kennedy - Kennedy the Cop
*Otto Fries - Speck's father
*Joy Winthrop - Grandma
*Emma Reed - Farina's motheree also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0020887|title=The First Seven Years
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