Moan and Groan, Inc.

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Moan and Groan, Inc.
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Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Written byRobert F. McGowan
H.M. Walker
Produced byRobert F. McGowan
Hal Roach
Starring Edgar Kennedy
Max Davidson
Allen Hoskins
Norman Chaney
Mary Ann Jackson
Jackie Cooper
Bobby Hutchins
Cinematography F. E. Hershey
Art Lloyd
Edited by Richard C. Currier
Distributed by MGM
Release date
  • December 7, 1929 (1929-12-07)
Running time
20' 36" [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Moan and Groan, Inc. is a 1929 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. [2] [3] Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 94th Our Gang short to be released. [4]

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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

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

Filming Locations

The actual "haunted house / old powder house" was the Minorini ranch house [5] 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. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ theluckycorner.com/
  2. ↑ "Silent Era: Moan and Groan, Inc". silentera. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
  3. ↑ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Moan and Groan, Inc". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
  4. ↑ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. pp. 107–108. ISBN   978-0-517-52675-0 . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Don José de Arnaz – Romance of a Rancho – Cheviot Hills History" . Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  6. ↑ Now, Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and. "Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now". Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now. Retrieved November 14, 2024.


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