OUR GANG COMEDIES Starring THE LITTLE RASCALS

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THE FIRST THREE LINKS ARE TO HIS RELATIVELY UNKNOWN NAVY INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS
http://archive.org/details/BeforeYouFly

Navy Training Film MN-3474b Dramatized US Navy flight training film: "Primary Flight Instruction Before You Fly." Covers flight line safety, pre-flight check, etc. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer plays a cadet pilot who's a "Private SNAFU" type of a guy. Narrated (and probably directed & produced by) Robert Taylor, who is the also the instructor

http://archive.org/details/Landings

Navy Training Film MN-3474i Dramatized US Navy flight training film: "Primary Flight Instruction Landings." How to land a plane. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer plays a cadet pilot who's a "Private SNAFU" type of a guy. Narrated (and probably directed & produced by) Robert Taylor, who is the also the instructor

http://archive.org/details/TaxiingTake-offs

Navy Training Film MN-3474h Dramatized US Navy flight training film: "Primary Flight Instruction Taxiing & Take-Offs." Covers flight line safety, runway taxiing, and taking off. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer plays a cadet pilot who's a "Private SNAFU" type of a guy. Narrated (and probably directed & produced by) Robert Taylor, who is the also the instructor.

http://archive.org/details/ReglaProduce ... orporation

The neighborhood kids build an amphibious tank and get involved with gangsters. Based on the comis strip of the same namerFellers

http://archive.org/details/WaldosLastStand1940

Jack Chertok, Richard Goldstone The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist. Unfortunately, their efforts attract only one patron -- a surly, stone-faced little kid with a Popeye-the-Sailor voice (Billy "Froggy" Laughlin, making one of his first Our Gang appearances)...

http://archive.org/details/Two_Dollar_Bettor_movie

New to betting on the horses, a middle-aged man has good fortune at first and thinks that gambling is a good source of income. Then his luck turns. Finding himself in dire financial straits, he is tempted to take money from the vault of the bank where he works.

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SPANKY MCFARLAND "Comeback" With Gobel -imdb Credit


OUR GANG's GARBO

The Strange Tale
..................Of
.......................Harry Spear

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Now, if you're going to have a survey of which Our Gang Kids you'd put up for adoption, you have to add the MGM group if you really want to up the voting. I'd have put up MIckey Gubitosi and Froggy up for abortion!

And how can anyone hate Mary Ann Jackson, only an evil nasty person would do so!


RICHARD M ROBERTS

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Harold Switzer Signed Inscription


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Switzer

Harold Frederick Switzer (January 16, 1925 – April 14, 1967) was an American child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as an extra. He was the older brother of gang member Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters.
Switzer was born in Paris, Illinois, the first son of Gladys C. Shanks (née Doerr) and G. Frederick Switzer. He and younger brother Carl became famous around their hometown for their musical talent and performances; both sang and played a number of instruments.
The Switzers took a trip to California in 1934 to visit with family members. While sightseeing they eventually wound up at Hal Roach Studios. Following a public tour of the facility, 8-year-old Harold and 6-year-old Carl entered into the Hal Roach Studio's open-to-the-public cafeteria, the Our Gang Café, and began an impromptu performance. Producer Hal Roach was present at the commissary that day and was impressed by the performance. He signed both Switzers to appear in Our Gang. Harold was given two nicknames, "Slim" and "Deadpan," and Carl was dubbed "Alfalfa."
The Switzer brothers first appeared in the 1935 Our Gang short, Beginner's Luck. By the end of the year, Alfalfa was one of the main characters in the series, while Harold had more or less been relegated to the role of a background player. Both Alfalfa and Harold outgrew the series by 1940, with Harold's last appearance in The New Pupil.
Though not saddled with the same problems his younger brother was faced with due to being typecast as a "child star," Harold had his own problems. For several years, he operated a Speed Queen Company franchise, installing and servicing washers and dryers. In 1967, after killing a customer over a dispute, Switzer drove himself to a remote area near Glendale, California and committed suicide. He was 42.
Harold Switzer is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, alongside his brother Carl.
Swtizer was married to Beverly Osso for over 10 years. The union brought three children: Judith Ann, Tony Frederick and Teddy Berton. Switzer also fathered a child with a Miss Rose named Gladys Lavon

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Gus Edwards' "School Days" With Hal Roach's "Our Gang"
(Spanky McFarland, Alfalfa Switzer, Buckwheat Thomas,
Porky Lee, Darla Hood, Johnny Downs) 02-06-1938

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DARLA HOOD SIGNS FOR JOE COBB.................................MICKEY DANIELS SIGNS

PORKY LEE SIGNS FOR ART LLOYD

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Photo taken by Roach shutterbug Gene Kornman, whose daughter was Mary Kornman


Click here for 1934 story on an Our Gang talent hunt.

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[Richard Finegan]

There was an earlier (1995) First Edition of Jean Darling's book, a limited edition of 150 copies.
The cover wasn't quite as fancy though:

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The original 1977 Our Gang book by Leonard Maltin & Richard Bann was reprinted in a new enlarged and updated edition in 1992: