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Our Gang Follies of 1938 (later reissued as simply Follies of 1938) is a 1937 American musical short subject, the 161st short subject entry in Hal Roach's Our Gang (Little Rascals) series. Directed by Gordon Douglas as a sequel to 1935's Our Gang Follies of 1936, the two-reel short was released to theaters on December 18, 1937 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Deriving its title from the concurrent MGM feature film The Broadway Melody of 1938, Our Gang Follies of 1938 is a spoof of the Broadway Melody films and other movie musicals of the time. In the film, Alfalfa (Carl Switzer) decides to quit a pop music revue put on by Spanky (George McFarland) and become an opera singer, famously singing a pastiche song entitled "The Barber of Seville" several times throughout the film. The bulk of the film is made up of a dream sequence, in which Alfalfa imagines himself twenty years later failing as an opera singer, while Spanky owns a Broadway nightclub with a lavish floor show.
Original Release
12/18/1937
US Release
12/18/1937
Cast
Name | Character |
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Our Gang | Children |
George 'Spanky' McFarland | Spanky |
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | Alfalfa |
Darla Hood | Darla |
Eugene 'Porky' Lee | Porky |
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas | Buckwheat |
Georgie Jean LaRue | Girl in the Love Bug Act (as Georgia Jean LaRue) / Girl in the Love Bug Act |
Tommy Ryan | Boy in Love Bug Singing Act (as Philip MacMahon) / Boy in Love Bug Singing Act |
Annie Ross | Loch Lomond Singer |
Clarence Calvert | Buckwheats Band Member |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Our Gang | Children |
George 'Spanky' McFarland | Spanky |
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | Alfalfa |
Darla Hood | Darla |
Eugene 'Porky' Lee | Porky |
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas | Buckwheat |
Georgie Jean LaRue | Girl in the Love Bug Act (as Georgia Jean LaRue) / Girl in the Love Bug Act |
Tommy Ryan | Boy in Love Bug Singing Act (as Philip MacMahon) / Boy in Love Bug Singing Act |
Annie Ross | Loch Lomond Singer |
Clarence Calvert | Buckwheats Band Member |
Verna Dillon | Girl with L on Sweater |
Jack Dishman | Boy dances in top hat |
Billy Eckley | Unknown role |
Jeanie Flickenger | Girl |
Dolores Freymouth | Girl |
Sylvia Johnson | Porky's Sweetheart |
Susette Laveil | Girl |
Lorraine Long | Buckwheats Band Member |
Jana Lund | Hatcheck Girl |
Danellen Mabry | Buckwheat Band Member |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal Roach | Producer |
Sidney S. Van Keuren | Producer |