- Free Eats
Infobox Film
name = Free Eats
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director =Ray McCarey
producer =Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
writer =H. M. Walker
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music =Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley
cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = MGM
released =13 February ,1932
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Readin' and Writin' "
followed_by = "Spanky"
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imdb_id = 0022915"Free Eats" is a 1932 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed byRay McCarey . cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225660/Free-Eats/overview |title=New York Times: Free Eats |accessdate=2008-09-19|work=NY Times] It was the 112th (24th talking Our Gang episode) "Our Gang " short that was released and Spanky's first appearance.Plot
The gang along with other poor children in the town are given a party with games and great food to eat. In addition, each child would be given a food basket to bring home to their parents. Its given by a wealthy woman whose husband is running for office. Meanwhile a couple criminals have set up two midgets to come to the party as babies. They would steal tons of expensive jewelry and planned on robbing a safe filled with tons of money. Stymie caught the "fidgets" in the safe. The rest of the gang come to Stymie's rescue as the midgets pull a gun. An alarm goes off and the police come and arrest the midgets and all ends well.
This is Spanky Mcfarland's first Our gang appearance. He and his brother try for Our Gang back in the Spring of 1931. Spanky passed the screen test easily and is hired to become part of the gang in the fall of 1931. He begins filming late that year for this early 1932 production. His brother Tommy also appears in many Our gang episodes but has no speaking roles.
Cast
* Matthew Beard - Stymie
*Dorothy DeBorba - Dorothy
*Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
*George McFarland - Spanky
*Sherwood Bailey - Spud
*Donald Haines
*Kendall McComas - Breezy Brisbane (as Kendall Brisbane)
*Bobby Mallon
*Douglas Greer
*Georgie Billings
*Mildred Kornman
*Dickie Jackson
*Jerry Tucker
*Patsy Britten - Little girl
*Pete the Pup - Petie
* Eddie Baker - Detective's assistant
*Harry Bernard - Officer Flaherty
*Lillian Elliott - Mrs. Clark
*Estelle Etterre - Lawn party guest
*Paul Fix - Elvira, 'wife' of the head of the family of thieves
*Otto Fries - Detective
*Billy Gilbert - Head of the family of thieves
*Belle Hare
*Dell Henderson - Mr. Moran
*Clarence C. Howerton - Smaller midget (as Major Mite)
*Lilyan Irene - Lawn party guest
*Tiny Lawrence - Midget*
May Wallace - Friend of Mrs. Clarkee also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0022915|title=Free Eats
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