- Little Sinner
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name = Little Sinner
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director =Gus Meins
producer =Hal Roach
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cinematography = Francis Corby
editing = Louis McManus
distributor = MGM
released =26 October ,1935
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Little Papa "
followed_by = "Our Gang Follies of 1936 "
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imdb_id = 0213815"Little Sinner" is a 1935 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed byGus Meins . It was the 140th "Our Gang " short (52nd talking episode) that was released.Plot
Anxious to go fishing, Spanky skips out of Sunday school, despite the admonitions of his pals Alfalfa, Mildred, Sidney, and Marianne that "Something's going to happen to you." Actually, everything happens to Spanky and his kid brother (Eugene "Porky" Lee) in the course of the morning. Chased out of a private estate by cantankerous caretaker, the two boys wander into a dark, mysterious woods --- just as an
eclipse occurs and at the same time a large group of black worshippers are holding a mass baptism ceremony. (this baptism is stock footage and not actually filmed for this episode) Inevitably, the kids scare the worshippers, and vice versa, culminating in a hectic chase (accompanied by the strains of LeRoy Shield's "Fastie", a nervous agitato orginally written for the 1935 Laurel and Hardy feature Bonnie Scotland). cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/29646/Little-Sinner/overview |title=New York Times: Little Sinner |accessdate=2008-09-20|work=NY Times]"Little Sinner" was withdrawn from the "Little Rascals" TV package in 1971 due to its racial content. It was reinstated in 1979 with severely edited prints that exclude the eclipse and the baptism. The original version was reinstated for the 2001 to 2003 showings on
AMC . The film was available in its entirety on home video from the 1980's to the late 1990's. As of October 28, 2008, it will be avaiable in its entirety along with the other 79 Roach produced talking Our Gang episodes on DVD. This episode also marks the first appearance for Eugene/Gordon Lee as Porky.Cast
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George McFarland - Spanky
* Eugene Lee - Porky
*Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
*Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
*Jerry Tucker
*Marianne Edwards
*Jackie Banning
*John Collum
*Dickie De Nuet
*Rex Downing
*Barbara Goodrich
*Sidney Kibrick
*Mildred Kornman
*Donald Proffitt
*Ray Turner - Baptism extra
*Clarence Wilson - Property owner
* uncredited/unknown - Christian (denomination unknown) Pastoree also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0213815|title=Little Sinner
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