Most Popular Robert A. McGowan Trailers
Total trailers found: 73
16 December 1927
Poor Pete the Pup. He wants to hang himself because his master, Joe, has given up playing with him and going fishing for the love of a girl.
16 September 1928
One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September.
15 June 1929
The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area.
24 October 1941
On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr.
11 October 1929
With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.
25 January 1930
The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis.
05 April 1929
This is a really strange, but thought provoking film. Here, beloved Mary literally lets Harry Spear kick her behind, spend her money on him, and forces her to push his kiddie car, all so that she could get the occasional joy of watching Harry "Wiggle His Ears.
14 September 1929
Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment.
09 February 1929
Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who won't stop crying.
12 February 1928
Jay and Wheezer are left alone on a rainy afternoon when Mom goes out to run errands. But when their friends drop by and trash the place, the boys must struggle to clean up before Mom returns.
07 March 1942
The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.
22 September 1928
Mary Ann has a liking toward Wheezer. Her mother tells her that if she gives him cod liver oil, he can become a giant.
15 April 1944
When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.
06 November 1927
Chicken Feed is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 66th Our Gang short subject released.
30 May 1942
Since Froggy was born on Leap Year Day, he's upset that he only gets a birthday party once every four years.
15 October 1938
The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.
01 June 1929
Little Mother is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Little Mother was the 87th Our Gang short to be released.
09 September 1929
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up.
24 August 1929
While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
29 April 1944
Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.
25 May 1940
To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.
19 December 1926
Farina and Joe fib to the gang that they've beaten up the neighborhood bully. Later, they hear he's been murdered and think they'll get the blame.
11 September 1927
While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their own games.
05 March 1932
When Mickey accidentally knocks out a local boxing champ, he is forced to take the fighter's place in a bout.
29 September 1941
Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.
14 April 1939
The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.
09 March 1929
Mary Ann is becoming a serious problem to the other gang members and Joe was given the job of training and controlling her behavior.
18 May 1929
The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not.
17 June 1932
Two aspiring songwriters have a weird nightmare about the jungle.
15 May 1927
Tired Business Men is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 60th Our Gang short subject released.
12 January 1929
This film revolves around Election Day, a day on which Jay R. and Joe are fighting to get votes. They warn the kids that they'll be socked in the jaw if they don't vote for them, but the kids are just trying to go about their business, namely Farina.
14 January 1928
As a joke, several members of the gang convince Farina, who is "brave but superstitious", that he's caused the demise of a young acquaintance and must therefore lay the body (actually still very alive) to rest in the old burying ground, under the watchful eye of "the graveyard witch".
09 March 1928
With Jay Edison as the inventor and Wheezer his assistant, the gang contrived an automobile of unusual construction; an automobile that will look like a submarine.
07 December 1929
The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.
13 March 1927
Ten Years Old is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 58th Our Gang short subject released.
26 June 1927
Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our Gang) where Joe offers three dollars for a baby.
09 March 1940
It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities.
05 April 1930
Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it. Finding himself locked out, he tries various means of getting back inside without his parents finding out.
15 December 1928
Mary Ann Jackson and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother and stepsister.
19 October 1928
This story revolves around an old man who feels alone in the world aside from the gang who keeps him company and his old horse.
01 March 1930
Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.
20 January 1940
Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.
15 February 1941
Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese.
26 April 1941
While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents.
28 November 1942
Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches.
22 July 1939
The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.
19 November 1927
A hypnotist comes to town and puts the gang in animal-like trances. Now that the spell is off, the gang returns back to their usual roles.
08 September 1939
An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go.
03 April 1943
Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home.
30 March 1940
Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.
25 February 1941
Spanky and the Our Gang kids go to battle over pranks with a rival gang.
24 June 1939
The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough.
23 November 1940
While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows.
23 October 1943
Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing.
05 October 1940
The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.
12 July 1941
Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them.
16 April 1932
In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - though it stretches into several months.
01 January 1929
Fast Freight is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film. It was the 85th Our Gang short that was released.
25 February 1928
Farina's mother is very ill and the mortgage is due. He tries to take over her laundry business, but the kids just wreck the clothes.
12 June 1947
The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporation.