- The Pooch
Infobox Film
name = The Pooch
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director =Robert F. McGowan
producer =Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
writer =Hal Roach H. M. Walker
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music =Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley
cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = MGM
released =14 June ,1932
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Choo-Choo! "
followed_by = "Hook and Ladder"
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imdb_id = 0023350"The Pooch" is a 1932 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed byRobert F. McGowan . cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225661/The-Pooch/overview |title=New York Times: The Pooch |accessdate=2008-09-19|work=NY Times] It was the 115th (27th talking) "Our Gang " short that was released.Plot
This is a semi-remake of the 1927 silent "Our Gang" comedy
Love My Dog . Bobby Mallon coincidently appears on both films. On this film, cheerful vagrant Mathew "Stymie" Beard tries to get back in the good graces of the Gang after stealing their pies. Stymie's not a bad kid, just hungry and poor, as proven when he cadges a meal from a friendly housewife -- a meal supposedly for his faithful pet Pete the Pup, but actually consumed by himself. When a mean dogcatcher (Budd Fine) tries to round up the Gang's dogs, Stymie comes to the rescue, earning the undying devotion of the kids and the animosity of the dogcatcher, who vengefully bundles Petey off to the pound, intending to consign the poor pooch to the gas chamber. Desperately, Stymie prays for the five dollars necessary to spring Petey, whereupon a five-spot blows out of the hands of a lady shopper and lands at Stymie's feet. For a while, it seems as if Stymie and the Gang are too late to save Pete from being destroyed, but the dog has a trick or two of his own up his. At the end of the film, Pete chases after the dog catcher.This is the last episode of that the original Pete the Pup airs. His trainer was fired from Hal Roach studios and took his dogs with him. Other unrelated dogs aired as Pete the Pup until 1938. This episode was edited for percieved racial content toward African Americans and the mistreatment of children by about 5 minutes from the syndicated Little Rascals television in 1971. The film was reinstated in its entirety on its
AMC airings from 2001-2003. Today, "The Pooch" is one of a handful of "Our Gang" films in thepublic domain , as its copyright was not renewed in the 1990s. It has become widely available on DVD due to this reason. Prior to 1995, it was one of 11 Little Rascals films to not be available on home video.Cast
* Matthew Beard - Stymie
*George McFarland - Spanky (as Spanky)
*Dorothy DeBorba - Dorothy
*Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
*Sherwood Bailey - Spud
*Artye Folz - Girl who Reads
*Dickie Jackson
*Kendall McComas - Breezy
*Georgie Billings
*Bobby Mallon
*Buddy McDonald
*Harold Wertz - Bouncy
*Pete the Pup - Petie
*Harry Bernard - Officer
*Baldwin Cooke - Diner attendant
*Estelle Etterre - First housewife
*Budd Fine - Bud, Dog catcher
*Dick Gilbert - Co-worker at dog pound
*Belle Hare - Woman
*May Wallace - Second housewifeee also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0023350|title=The Pooch
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