Calling All Kids

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Calling All Kids
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Directed by Sam Baerwitz
Written by Hal Law
Robert A. McGowan
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Starring Bobby Blake
Janet Burston
Billy Laughlin
Billie Thomas
Jackie Horner
Marlene Kinghorn
Marlene Mains
David Polonsky
Narrated byMark Daniels
CinematographyJackson Rose
Edited byLeon Borgeau
Music by Max Terr [1]
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 24 April 1943 (1943-04-24)
Running time
10:52
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Calling All Kids is a 1943 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Sam Baerwitz. It was the 214th Our Gang short to be released. [2]

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Plot

Calling All Kids finds the gang invading a local radio station to perform a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such highlights as a "recruiting office" sketch featuring the duo of Mickey and Froggy, and a closing ensemble piece with lyrics that rhyme "Taxes" with "Axis," the film features an extended celebrity-impression routine, with Buckwheat imitating Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and other kids posing as Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Carmen Miranda, and Virginia O'Brien. [3]

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Additional cast

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References

  1. ↑ McCarty, Clifford (2000). Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970 . New York: Oxford University Press. p. 322. ISBN   0-19-511473-6.
  2. ↑ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. p. 252. ISBN   978-0-517-52675-0 . Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Hal Erickson (2007). "New York Times: Calling-All-Kids". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2008.


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