Came the Brawn

Came the Brawn
Came the Brawn
	Film poster
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;
Running time	11 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated April 15, 2025

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]

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

Darla Hood as Darla
Eugene Lee as Porky
George McFarland as Spanky
Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
Billie Thomas as Buckwheat

Additional cast

Tommy Bond as Butch
Darwood Kaye as Waldo
Sidney Kibrick as Woim
Henry Lee as Spike
Billy Minderhout as Kid with big eyes
Roger Terry as 'Wise fella'
Ernest Wechbaugh as Kid with too much muscle
Betsy Gay as Effie (scene deleted)

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

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ "Came the Brawn".

External links

Came the Brawn at IMDb

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[NY_Times-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.

[Spanky-3] "Came the Brawn".

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