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Divot Diggers Directed by Robert F. McGowan Produced by Hal Roach Music by Marvin Hatley
Leroy ShieldCinematography Francis Corby Editing by Louis McManus Distributed by MGM Release date(s) 8 February 1936 Running time 14' 22" Country United States Language English Divot Diggers is a 1936 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan; It was the 142nd Our Gang short to be released.
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Plot
The action takes place at an expansive California golf course, where the gang merrily play their own ragtag version of golf with makeshift clubs. When the course's regular caddies quit en masse, the desperate caddy master hires the gang members as replacements. The kids—and their gibberish-spouting pet chimpanzee proceed to drive an adult foursome crazy, then put the finishing touch on an imperfect day by accidentally commandeering a lawn-mowing tractor.
Cast
- George McFarland - Spanky
- Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
- Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
- Darla Hood - Darla
- Harold Switzer - Harold
- Eugene Lee - Porky
- Patsy May (as Baby Patsy May)
- Leonard Kibrick - Caddy
- Pete The Pup - Petie
- Jiggs The Chimpanzee
- Billy Bletcher - Golfer
- Hubert Diltz - Tractor driver
- Tom Dugan - Golfer
- Jack Hatfield - Mr. Hatfield
- Jack Hill - Golfer
- Thomas Pogue - Golfer
- Russ Powell - Jiggs the Monkey (voice)
- Matty Roubert - Caddy
- David Thursby - Golfer
Notes
- After several years away from the Our Gang series, longtime mentor Robert F. McGowan briefly resumed his directorial activities.
- Divot Diggers featured several new Leroy Shield musical compositions, including "Hot and Dry", "Standing on the Corner", "Beyond the Rainbow" and "Up in Room 4".[1]
See also
References
- ^ "New York Times: Divot Diggers". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/29642/Divot-Diggers/overview. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
External links
Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1936 films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
- Short films
- Our Gang films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- 1930s comedy films
- 1930s comedy film stubs
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