- Three Smart Boys
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name = Three Smart Boys
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director = Gordon Douglas
producer =Hal Roach
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cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = William H. Ziegler
distributor = MGM
released =13 May ,1937
runtime = 10 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Hearts Are Thumps "
followed_by = "Rushin' Ballet "
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imdb_id = 0029667"Three Smart Boys" is a 1937 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed by Gordon Douglas.It was the 153rd "Our Gang " short (154th episode, 65th talking short, and 66th talking episode) that was released.Plot
Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Porky are anxious to get out of school. They overhear the superindendant of the area schools talking with Miss Lawrence who wants to close the school for a week to attend a stster's wedding. She was initially denied stating that only an epidemic would justify closing school. So Spanky decides to stage a phony epidemic. This time it's the measles, requiring the boys to paint black blotches on their faces (yes, this is the film in which Buckwheat, a black child, gets white measles!). The plan comes a-cropper when, while visiting the doctor (Sidney Bracey), the boys are led to believe that Buckwheat has been transformed into a monkey. Until the end of the film, Spanky thinks Buckwheat is still a monkey. That was when he found out that the superintendant changed her mind and decided to let Miss Lawrence to attend the wedding afterall and the school would be closed for a week. Then Buckwheat comes out and they all learn that Buckwheat did not become a monkey. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225691/Three-Smart-Boys/overview |title=New York Times: Three Smart Boys |accessdate=2008-09-21|work=NY Times]
This episode was the last of the school episodes featuring Rosina Lawrence, known as Miss Lawrence in some episodes and Miss Jones in others. It was slightly edited for percieved racism toward African Americans on the syndicated Little Rascals television package in 1971.
Cast
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George McFarland - Spanky
*Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
*Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
* Eugene Lee - Porky
*Darla Hood - Darla
*Darwood Kaye - Waldo
*Shirley Coates
*Sidney Bracey - O.T. Hertz, the veterinary doctor
*Nora Cecil - Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
* Jack Egan - The assistant
*Rosina Lawrence - Miss Lawrence, Teacheree also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0029667|title=Three Smart Boys
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