Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)

These one-reel sound Our Gang shorts were produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer between 1929 and 1938.

58 movies 1931 – 1944 10h 50m total

Movies in this collection

Alfalfa's Aunt
Alfalfa's Aunt

Alfalfa's Aunt

1939 10m Dir. George Sidney

Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa thinks she's trying to murder him.

Cousin Wilbur
Cousin Wilbur

Cousin Wilbur

1939 11m Dir. George Sidney

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side.

Joy Scouts
Joy Scouts

Joy Scouts

1939 11m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.

Dog Daze
Dog Daze

Dog Daze

1939 10m Dir. George Sidney

The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.

Captain Spanky's Show Boat
Captain Spanky's Show Boat

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.

The Big Premiere
The Big Premiere

The Big Premiere

1940 11m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home.

Kiddie Kure

Kiddie Kure

1940 10m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.

Baby Blues
Baby Blues

Baby Blues

1941 10m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.

1-2-3-Go!
1-2-3-Go!

1-2-3-Go!

1941 10m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents.

Robot Wrecks
Robot Wrecks

Robot Wrecks

1941 11m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them.

Come Back, Miss Pipps
Come Back, Miss Pipps

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941 10m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired.

Don't Lie
Don't Lie

Don't Lie

1942 11m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.

Unexpected Riches

Unexpected Riches

1942 10m Dir. Herbert Glazer

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fraudulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances.

Family Troubles
Family Troubles

Family Troubles

1943 10m Dir. Herbert Glazer

Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah Padden and Harry C.

Calling All Kids

Calling All Kids

1943 11m Dir. Sam Baerwitz

An Our Gang salute to the armed forces finds the gang performing a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such highlights as a "recruiting office" sketch featuring the duo of Mickey and Froggy, and a closing ensemble piece with lyrics that rhyme "Taxes" with "Axis," the film features an extended celebrity-impression routine, with Buckwheat imi...

Election Daze
Election Daze

Election Daze

1943 10m Dir. Herbert Glazer

Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split.

Little Miss Pinkerton

Little Miss Pinkerton

1943 11m Dir. Herbert Glazer

The Gang tries to solve a murder mystery contest in a department store window. However they soon get caught up in a real caper when they stumble upon two crooks robbing the store.

Three Smart Guys
Three Smart Guys

Three Smart Guys

1943 10m Dir. Edward L. Cahn

Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day.

Radio Bugs
Radio Bugs

Radio Bugs

1944 11m Dir. Cy Endfield

When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor.