Feed 'em and Weep

Feed 'em and Weep
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Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Produced by	Hal Roach
Cinematography	Norbert Brodine
Edited by	William H. Ziegler
Music by	Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	May 7, 1938 (1938-05-07)
Running time	10' 42"
Country	United States
Language	English

Feed 'em and Weep is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It was the 166th Our Gang short (167th episode, 78th talking short, and 79th talking episode) that was released. ^[1]

Plot

It is Mr. Hood's birthday, and he has been eagerly anticipating a quiet dinner at home with his family, his lunch consisted only of "a lettuce sandwich on gluten bread." Darla then mentions that she has invited her friends to the celebration: Alfalfa, Porky, and Philip. The well-meaning trio drive Mr. Hood to distraction with loud and interminable choruses of "Happy Birthday, Mr. Hood." Then they present their ill-conceived presents: a frog, a duck, and a cat. When the kids are not arguing over their favorite comic-strip characters, they are busily devouring Mr. Hood's birthday dinner. Mr. Hood, disgusted over the whole affair, declares he is going out to get a bite to eat and leaves.

Notes

Regular Our Gang member Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas does not appear in Feed 'em and Weep due to a short illness. In for Buckwheat is Philip Hurlic, a prominent African-American child actor of the time. Hurlic has bit and background parts in several other Our Gang shorts and featured roles in films such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and Hal Roach's own Zenobia (1939). ^{[2] [3]}

Feed 'em and Weep is also the first of five Our Gang shorts produced without one of the series' stars, George "Spanky" McFarland. McFarland had actually exited Our Gang following the previous entry, Came the Brawn, but would return to the series after its transition to MGM later in 1938. ^[4]

Cast

The Gang

• Darla Hood as Darla Hood
• Eugene Lee as Porky
• Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
• Philip Hurlic as Philip
• Gary Jasgur as Junior
• Leonard Landy as Percy

Additional cast

• Johnny Arthur as Johnny Hood
• Wilma Cox as Mrs. Hood

See also

• Our Gang filmography

References

1. Hall, Mordaunt (2011). "New York Times: Feed 'em and Weep". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
2. Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. Random House Publishing. February 19, 2009. ISBN   9780307514936.
3. From Dead Ends to Cold Warriors: Constructing American Boyhood in Postwar Hollywood Films. Rutgers University Press. February 12, 2021. ISBN   9781978813489.
4. Lee, Julia Sun-Joo (2015). Our gang : a racial history of The little rascals. Minneapolis. p. 168. ISBN   978-1-4529-4977-2. OCLC   930782094.

External links

• Feed 'em and Weep at IMDb