Movies by Billie Thomas

Family Troubles

Family Troubles

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. Bradley) for the honor.

Melodies Old and New

Melodies Old and New

The gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.

Alfalfa's Double

Alfalfa's Double

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

Tiny Troubles

Tiny Troubles

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Come Back, Miss Pipps

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. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school ...

Football Romeo

Football Romeo

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

Canned Fishing

Canned Fishing

Spanky and Alfalfa plot to play hooky so they can go fishing, by pretending that Alfalfa is sick and Spanky should stay with him while the parents are away. But Spanky's mom, knowing the truth, turns the tables by insisting they also watch Spanky's little brother. But taking care of little brother turns out to be more difficult than they expected.

Clown Princes

Clown Princes

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.

Glove Taps

Glove Taps

Butch challenges Alfalfa to a fight.

Framing Youth

Framing Youth

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.

The Pigskin Palooka

The Pigskin Palooka

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he was a star football player. Now that he's back home, he has to prove it.

Fishy Tales

Fishy Tales

Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.

Hearts Are Thumps

Hearts Are Thumps

The gang promises to keep away from girls on St. Valentine's Day, but Alfalfa can't resist Darla.

Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys

When they overhear Miss Witherspoon, the school superintendent, say that nothing short of an epidemic will allow the school to be closed for a week, the Our Gang conspire to fake illness.

Rushin' Ballet

Rushin' Ballet

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

Night 'n' Gales

Night 'n' Gales

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Dancing Romeo

Dancing Romeo

Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.

Our Gang Follies of 1938

Our Gang Follies of 1938

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.

The Lucky Corner

The Lucky Corner

The gang help Scotty and his grandfather after an obnoxious lunch counter owner forces them to move their lemonade stand.

Divot Diggers

Divot Diggers

When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.