Came the Brawn

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Came the Brawn
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Directed by Gordon Douglas
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring Carl Switzer
Tommy Bond
Darla Hood
George McFarland
Billie Thomas
Eugene Lee
Darwood Kaye
Sidney Kibrick
Cinematography Art Lloyd
Edited by William H. Ziegler
Music by Leroy Shield
Distributed by MGM
Release date
  • April 16, 1938 (1938-04-16)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Came the Brawn is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. [1] Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 165th entry in the Our Gang series. [2]

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Notes

Came the Brawn marked Spanky McFarland's, Tommy "Butch" Bond's, Sidney "Woim" Kibrick's, and Darwood "Waldo" Kaye's final appearances in the Hal Roach-produced Our Gang shorts. Butch, Woim, and Waldo were recurring characters and would not be needed for the last three episodes but would all return for The Little Ranger , the first Our Gang short produced after the series' sale to MGM in mid-1938.

Spanky's contract expired after the completion of Came the Brawn, and he officially retired from the series at this time. [3] After going on a personal tour, Spanky rejoined Our Gang in the late summer of 1938, after its transfer to MGM. He would remain another four and a half years.

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

Audience extras

Patsy Currier, Charles Flickinger, Joe Geil, Paul Hilton, Cheryl Hopper, Tommy McFarland, Dicke De Nuet, Raymond Rayhill Powell, Spencer Quinn, Drew Roddy, Harold Switzer, Voigt Williams, David Wilmot

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References

  1. ↑ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Came the Brawn". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
  2. ↑ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. p. 217. ISBN   978-0-517-52675-0 . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Came the Brawn".
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