The Awful Tooth

Infobox Film
name = The Awful Tooth


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director = Nate Watt
producer = Hal Roach
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cinematography = Norbert Brodine
editing = William H. Ziegler
distributor = MGM
released = 28 May, 1938
runtime = 10 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Feed 'em and Weep"
followed_by = "Hide and Shriek"
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imdb_id = 0233267

"The Awful Tooth" is a 1938 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Nate Watt. It was the 167th "Our Gang" short (168th episode, 79th talking short, and the 80th talking episode) that was released.

Plot

Hoping to earn enough money to buy baseball equipment, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Porky elect to have all their teeth pulled out. Their logic is sublime: If the Good Fairy is willing to slip a dime under the pillow for one tooth, imagine how much the kids will earn if they extract all of their ivories. Upon learning of this scheme, playful dentist Dr. Schwartz decides to teach the little rascals a lesson -- beginning with a terrified Alfalfa. In the end, Alfalfa decides he does not want the baseball things but wants to keep his teeth. The dentist does give them some baseball equipment as a reward for learning a valuable lesson about dental health. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225692/The-Awful-Tooth/overview |title=New York Times: The Awful Tooth |accessdate=2008-09-21|work=NY Times]

This episode was also one of the weaker Hal Roach Our gang entries. Its used to teach another lesson, a preview of what was coming at their new quarters over at MGM after they buy the Our Gang unit months later. This episode is munis Darla Hood.

Cast

* Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
* Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
* Eugene Lee - Porky
* Henry Lee - Spike
* Jack Norton - Dr. Schultz

* Marjorie Townsend - Nurse

ee also

* Our Gang filmography

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0233267|title=The Awful Tooth