Moan and Groan, Inc.
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Moan and Groan, Inc. is a 1929 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.[1][2] Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 94th Our Gang short to be released.[3]
Synopsis
Friendly neighborhood policeman Kennedy the Cop warns the gang to stay away from an old abandoned house in the neighborhood. Instead, he suggests the kids go dig for buried treasure, which they proceed to do in the basement of an old abandoned house. The house is inhabited by a homeless lunatic, who takes giddy delight in scaring the children, particularly Farina. Kennedy eventually turns up at the house to save the kids and apprehend the lunatic, but can hardly take care of himself.
Notes
- Moan and Groan, Inc. features a short appearance by former Our Gang kid Jay R. Smith, his only appearance in a sound Our Gang short and his final appearance in the series.
- Because of its reliance upon Irish American, Jewish American and African American stereotypes, Moan and Groan, Inc. was deleted from King World's Little Rascals television package in 1971.
Cast
The Gang
- Norman Chaney as Chubby
- Jackie Cooper as Jackie
- Allen Hoskins as Farina
- Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
- Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
- Bobby Mallon as Bobby
- Pete the Pup as Himself
Additional cast
- Betty Jane Beard as Trellis, Farina's baby brother
- Jay R. Smith as Kid with Japanese handcuffs
- Max Davidson as The Lunatic
- Edgar Kennedy as Kennedy the Cop
Filming Locations
The actual "haunted house / old powder house" was the Minorini ranch house[4] which was built in the 1870s by the Don Jose Arnaz, owner of Rancho Rincon de los Beyes which covered most of the present-day Beverlywood neighborhood in Los Angeles and most of present-day Culver City, California.[5]
See also
References
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External links
- Template:Trim Moan and Groan, Inc. is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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- 1929 films
- American black-and-white films
- 1929 comedy films
- Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
- Hal Roach Studios short films
- Our Gang films
- 1929 short films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films