- The Boy Friends
"The Boy Friends" was a short-lived series of fifteen American
comedy short film s released between 1930 and 1932. The series spun off from the much larger and well-known "Our Gang " series (also known as "The Little Rascals"). Like the "Our Gang" shorts of the time, "The Boy Friends" films were two-reelshort subjects produced byHal Roach throughMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). They featured teenaged actors including some, particularlyMickey Daniels andMary Kornman , who as children had starred in the early silent "Our Gang" shorts.Grady Sutton was also a lead player in the series. Daniels appeared in every short, Kornman appeared in all but one.Roach released three "The Boy Friends" films in 1930: "Doctor's Orders", "Ladies Last", and "Bigger and Better". The series added seven installments in 1931: "Blood and Thunder", "High Gear", "Love Fever", "Air Tight", "Call a Cop", "Mama Loves Papa", and "The Kickoff". Finally, 1932 saw the release of the last five films: "Love Pains", "The Knockout", "Too Many Women", "Wild Babies", and "You're Telling Me". Mickey Daniels appeared in each short, as did Mary Kornman with the exception of "You're Telling Me". At least some of the films in the series took place at
Elmira College , an actual school located in Roach's home town ofElmira, New York .Characters
*Mickey (
Mickey Daniels ): The main character
*Mary (Mary Kornman ): Mickey's girl friend
*Grady "Alabam" Sutton (Grady Sutton ): Mickey's best friend and sidekick
*Dave (David Sharpe: Mickey and Grady's friend. He was their rival in his first short.
*Gertie (Gertrude Messinger ):Dave's love interest
*Dorothy (Dorothy Granger ): Alabam's love interestFilmography
1930
*"Doctor's Orders"
*"Bigger and Better"
*"Ladies Last"1931
*"Blood and Thunder"
*"High Gear"
*"Love Fever"
*"Air-Tight"
*"Call a Cop!"
*"Mama Loves Papa"
*"The Kick-Off!"1932
*"Love Pains"
*"The Knock-Out"
*"You're Telling Me"
*"Wild Babies"
*"Too Many Women"
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