Captain Spanky's Showboat

Captain Spanky's Show Boat
Captain Spanky's Show Boat
Directed by	Edward Cahn
Written by	; Robert A. McGowan
Produced by	Jack Chertok for MGM
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by	David Snell
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	September 9, 1939;
Running time	10' 42"
Country	United States
Language	English

Captain Spanky's Show Boat is a 1939 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 183rd Our Gang short (184th episode, 95th talking short, 96th talking episode, and 15th MGM produced episode) that was released.

Plot[]

Once again, the gang stages an elaborate musical show in Spanky's backyard. Angered over the fact that Alfalfa has been chosen as the show's singing star, bully Tommy Butch sneaks backstage with the intention of sabotaging the production. But Butch is hoisted on his own petard, and the show goes on as scheduled.^[1]

Cast[]

The Gang[]

George McFarland as Spanky
Mickey Gubitosi as Mickey
Darla Hood as Darla
Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
Shirley Coates - Muggsy
Leonard Landy - Leonard

Additional cast[]

Tommy Bond as Butch
Sidney Kibrick as Woim
Buddy Boles as Violinist
George Crosby as One of Darla's dance partners
Darwood Kaye as Waldo
Clyde Wilson as Boy introducing acts
Tim Davis as Extra
Spencer Quinn as Extra

References[]

^ Hal Erickson (2013). "New York Times: Captain-Spanky's-Show-Boat". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2008.

External links[]

Captain Spanky's Showboat at IMDb
Captain Spanky's Showboat at the TCM Movie Database

This article related to a short comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[NY_Times-1] Hal Erickson (2013). "New York Times: Captain-Spanky's-Show-Boat". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2008.

[1]