Beginner's Luck

Beginner's Luck

Infobox Film
name = Beginner's Luck


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director = Gus Meins
producer = Hal Roach
writer =
narrator =
starring =
music = Marvin Hatley
cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = Louis McManus
distributor = MGM
released = 23 February, 1935
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Anniversary Trouble"
followed_by = "Teacher's Beau"
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imdb_id = 0026105

"Beginner's Luck" is a 1935 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. It was the 135th "Our Gang" short (47th talking episode) that was released.

Plot

Much against his will, Spanky had been entered in a kiddie talent contest by his ambitious mother. Hoping to dissuade his Mom from forcing him into a theatrical career, Spanky arranges for the other Our Gang kids to "razz" him during the performance, thereby making certain that he'll lose. While backstage, however, Spanky befriends little Marianne, who desperately needs the prize money to buy a new dress. Stricken by stage fright, Marianne rushes offstage in tears before she can go into her act. Touched by the girl's plight, Spanky is now determined to win the contest and turn the prize money over to the girl--but the other Gang members don't know that, and they're primed to greet Spanky's recitation with a barrage of boos, catcalls, noisemakers and peashooters. Spanky wins the contest hands down. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225678/Beginner-s-Luck/overview |title=New York Times: Beginner's Luck |accessdate=2008-09-20|work=NY Times]

As an added bonus, this film marks the debut of future series stalwart Carl Switzer who would soon become known as Alfalfa and his brother Harold. On this episode the Switzer brothers are merely one of the performing acts and sing Coming Around The Mountain as Tom and Jerry, the Arizona Nightengales. Harold would also appear regularly on Our Gang but on recurring status with no speaking parts. Today, "Beginner's Luck" is one of a handful of "Our Gang" films in the public domain, as its copyright was not renewed in the 1990s.

Cast

* George McFarland - Spanky
* Marianne Edwards
* Scotty Beckett
* Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
* Matthew Beard - Stymie
* Jerry Tucker
* Tommy McFarland
* Donald Profitt
* John Collum
* Carl Switzer - Tom
* Harold Switzer - Jerry
* Mildred Kornman
* Kitty Kelly - Spanky's mother
* Tom Herbert - Master of Ceremonies
* May Wallace - Spanky's grandmother
* James C. Morton - Piano player
* Ruth Hiatt - Marianne's mother
* Ernie Alexander - Audience member
* Jack Lipson - Audience member
* Bess Flowers - Friend of Spanky's mother
* Charlie Hall - Stage hand

ee also

* Our Gang filmography

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0026105|title=Beginner's Luck


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