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Phillips Holmes, Rosina Lawrence, and George 'Spanky' McFarland in General Spanky (1936)

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer: Alfalfa

General Spanky

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer credited as playing...

Alfalfa

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  • Spanky Leonard: I'm not no Yankee! I'm a Southern gentleman!
  • Alfalfa: How ya gonna prove it?
  • Spanky Leonard: Well, I've gotta slave!
  • Alfalfa: Oh, you have not.
  • Spanky Leonard: Tell him who you are?
  • Buckwheat: I his slave.
  • Spanky Leonard: First, we gotta find a secret place to have our meetings.
  • Alfalfa: I've got jes' the place!
  • Spanky Leonard: Sure it's secret enough?
  • Alfalfa: It's so secret, maybe I can't find it myself.
  • Yankee General: Just who is surrendering?
  • Spanky Leonard: The Royal Protection of Women and Children Regiment Club of the World and Mississippi River.
  • Yankee General: Oh, I refuse to accept your sword, son. You won a moral victory.
  • Spanky Leonard: You mean, we don't have to surrender and still keep our fort?
  • Yankee General: Exactly, you should all be commended for your bravery.
  • Spanky Leonard, Alfalfa: Hooray!
  • Alfalfa: Cover up, he's coming this way.
  • Spanky Leonard: Who?
  • [the Gang then quickly cover up, holding tree branches, to hide Louella, from Simmons]
  • Spanky Leonard: [Also during this scene, Spanky walks, holding a stick, with a bonnet tied to the top & a feminine cape, on its frame, that appears as if Louella is walking alone and drew Simmons' attention and deceiving him, until Spanky walked under a low tree branch, that pulled the back cape off and Simmons saw Spanky. Spanky then quickly fled]
  • [Marshall Valient and Louella did a light quick kiss, in haste]
  • Spanky Leonard: You can't shoot Capt. Marsh! You gotta do somethin' to help him!
  • Lt. Johnson: I'm sorry, sonny, but, it's beyond my power to do anything. You'll have to get a higher authority than I am.
  • Alfalfa: What's a higher authority?
  • Spanky Leonard: Well, it's like you're second general and I'm first.

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