Shiver My Timbers

Shiver My Timbers

Infobox Film
name = Shiver My Timbers


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director = Robert F. McGowan
producer = Robert F. McGowan
Hal Roach
writer = H. M. Walker
narrator =
starring =
music = Leroy Shield
Marvin Hatley
cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = MGM
released = 10 October, 1931
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Big Ears"
followed_by = "Dogs Is Dogs"
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0022378

"Shiver My Timbers" is a 1931 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225658/Shiver-My-Timbers/overview |title=New York Times: Shiver My Timbers |accessdate=2008-09-20|work=NY Times] It was the 109th (21st talking) "Our Gang" short that was released.

Plot

A loud sea captain tells violent stories about adventures out on the sea as pirates. The gang is playing hookey from school in order to hears his stories. Miss Crabtree finds where they are and decides to team up with the sea captain to teach the kids a lesson and scare them from ever wanting to be pirates.

So the sea captain invites the gang back that night to become pirates. When they board the ship, the sea captain puts on a show and scares the kids. He acts mean and pretends to be sending other pirates overboard. Miss Crabtree even is there and pretending that she would be next to walk the plank. The gang then decides they want to go back to school and take the sea captain seriously. They then fight back and the film closes with Stymie hitting one of the "pirates" on the head with a hammer.

Cast

* Matthew Beard - Stymie
* Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
* Dorothy DeBorba - Dorothy
* Sherwood Bailey - Spud
* Carlena Beard - Marmalade
* Georgie Billings
* Dickie Jackson
* Jerry Tucker
* Pete the Pup - Petie
* Billy Gilbert - The sea captain
* June Marlowe - Miss June Crabtree
* Harry Bernard - Pirate
* Dick Gilbert - Pirate
* Jack Hill - Pirate
* Cy Slocum - Pirate

ee also

* Our Gang filmography

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0022378|title=Shiver My Timbers


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