- Party Fever
Infobox Film
name = Party Fever
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director =George Sidney
producer =Jack Chertok forMGM
writer =Hal Law Robert A. McGowan
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cinematography =Robert Pittack
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distributor = MGM
released =27 August ,1938
runtime = 10 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "The Little Ranger "
followed_by = "Aladdin's Lantern "
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imdb_id ="Party Fever" is a 1938 "
Our Gang " shortcomedy film directed byGeorge Sidney . It was the 170th "Our Gang " short (171th episode, 82nd talking short, 83rd talking episode, and second MGM produced episode) that was released.Plot
Once again, Alfalfa and Butch are bitter rivals for the affections of Darla. The nerdish Waldo comes up with a solution: Alfalfa and Butch will compete for the title of Junior Mayor of Greenpoint during Boys' Week, and whichever one wins will earn the honor of escorting Darla to the annual Strawberry Festival. But despite the strenuous efforts of both young candidates, a "dark horse" wins not only the election, but also the girl. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226184/Party Fever/overview |title=New York Times: Party Fever|accessdate=2008-10-08|work=NY Times]
Notes
Like The Little Ranger, Party Fever was a well produced film and it was the first episode to be directed by up and coming director, George Sidney. This was also the fifth episode to be made without
George McFarland as Spanky. He was still on loan to other studios and would stay on loan for another couple weeks. It was also the last episode in whichPete the Pup would appear. MGM's producers felt that it ws time to retire him and to so called modernize the series.Cast
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Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
*Tommy Bond - Butch
*Sidney Kibrick - The Woim
*Darla Hood
*Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
* Eugene Lee - Porky
*Darwood Kaye - Waldo
*Leonard Landy
*Henry Lee
*Pete the Pup - Petie
*Frank Jaquet - Uncle Frank, the Mayor of Greenpointee also
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Our Gang filmography References
External links
*imdb title|id=0030559|title=Party Fever
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