Movies by Robert F. McGowan

Ask Grandma

Ask Grandma

Mickey's mother makes him dance and won't let him fight. Only his grandma understands what it's like to be a boy. When Mickey gets into a fight, his grandma must cover for him.

The Fourth Alarm

The Fourth Alarm

The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.

Tomboy

Tomboy

Family drama about a father raising his motherless teenage daughter in a small town.

The Glorious Fourth

The Glorious Fourth

It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the stand, Joe does his best not to blow up himself or his friends, but a poorly-aimed skyrocket owned by Allen "Farina" Hoskins triggers a somewhat premature but undeniably spectacular display of pyrotechnics.

Uncle Tom's Uncle

Uncle Tom's Uncle

The Gang stages their own revisionist version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in Mickey's barn. But Joe's mother thinks the back yard needs cleaning, and there are several interruptions when they lose a leading character. Mickey plays Simon Legree; Mary as Eva; Joe as Uncle Tom; and Farina essays the role of Topsy.

Birthday Blues

Birthday Blues

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

Haunted House

Haunted House

Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.

Seeing the World

Seeing the World

In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, London, and finally Paris, where problems arise on top of the Eiffel Tower.

Dog Days

Dog Days

The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs away, Mickey comes to the rescue with his dog. In gratitude, Mary invites all the boys and their dogs to her party, much to the chagrin of her wealthy mother.

Jubilo, Jr.

Jubilo, Jr.

A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift circus.

Boys Will Be Joys

Boys Will Be Joys

Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work on a factory. The gang travels by donkey cart to the office of Henry Mills, President of Pan American Export Company, to protest. Henry, in his 60s, is still a boy at heart: he has his chauffeur stop the car so he can join a sandlot game. He bails on a meeting with his board of directors, going with the kids to the factory site where he stops the workers ...

One Terrible Day

One Terrible Day

Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.

Saturday Morning

Saturday Morning

The Rascals, feeling unloved at home, decide to become pirates. Meanwhile, a mother, an aunt and a valet join the cops in searching for the runaways.

Young Sherlocks

Young Sherlocks

The Mystic J.J.J.'s challenge Ernie's bravery; he spins a tale of saving a rich young girl from kidnappers and of creating a utopia called Freetown.

Heebee Jeebees

Heebee Jeebees

A hypnotist comes to town and puts the gang in animal-like trances. Now that the spell is off, the gang returns back to their usual roles. But then while at an afternoon tea social , the spell returned, ruining a perfectly good afternoon.

Divot Diggers

Divot Diggers

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

Yale vs. Harvard

Yale vs. Harvard

The Gang turn to playing football, and face tough competition against the Gas House Garlics.

Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour

A down-and-out Englishman, mistaken for a duke, is invited (for $50.00) to meet the wife of a gangster who is a passenger on a boat chartered by gangsters. When he cannot initially find his wife, the gangster tells the "duke" to remain in his room with his daughter while he finds the wife. Crazy complications ensue!