A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
- Stymie
- (as Our Gang)
Scotty Beckett
- Scotty
- (as Our Gang)
George 'Spanky' McFarland
- Spanky
- (as Our Gang)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
- Buckwheat
- (as Our Gang)
Eileen Bernstein
- Girl Eating Cake
- (as Our Gang)
Alvin Buckelew
- Alvin
- (as Our Gang)
Marianne Edwards
- Marianne
- (as Our Gang)
Gordon Evans
- Kid Who Finds Lamp
- (as Our Gang)
Leonard Kibrick
- Leonard
- (as Our Gang)
Donald Proffitt
- Kid Eating Cake
- (as Our Gang)
Jacqueline Taylor
- Jane
- (as Our Gang)
Jerry Tucker
- Jerry
- (as Our Gang)
Richard Brasno
- Mr. Crutch - as a Child -
- (as Dick Brasno)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Mrs Crutch is about to give the kids castor oil after the big party - "I'm not going to have a bunch of sick children on *my* hands" - a close-up of the bottle reveals that it came from "Clyde W. Slater, druggist" at the address "Main and Washington Blvd, Culver City, Cal" Those streets are just a few blocks from the site of the Hal Roach Studios, at 8822 West Washington (corner of Washington and National), Culver City, California.
- GoofsWhen Scotty and Spanky are grunting and kicking in bed, a fly lands on Scotty's nightshirt sleeve.
- ConnectionsEdited into Framing Youth (1937)
Featured review
While the plot is highly predictable and the villain a bit too melodramatic, this short contains some truly great early special effects of people morphing between child and adult. The performances by the child actors of the Gang are typical of their usual cute mugging for the camera, but the performances of George Brasno and Olive Brasno as the two adults turned children are brilliant. The children of the Gang are reduced to comic supporting roles to the straight leads played by the two Brasnos, and that makes this short work all the better as it relies less on "cute kids" antics and utilizes true acting to carry the story.
Details
- Runtime20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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