Moan and Groan (1929)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 20M
Director : Robert F. McGowan
Synopsis
The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.
Alfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but the gang decides to try and capture the gorilla instead.
The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit, the children mistake him for a suitor. The children tell abominable lies about Miss Crabtree to try to discourage the man. Meanwhile, one of the children is selling answers to the upcoming oral exam. Unfortunately for the students, the young entrepreneur used a book of minstrelsy and blackface as his source for the "answers".
The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences.
Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.
A cobbler receives his back pension and invites the gang to celebrate with a picnic, but his car stalls along the way.
The kids try to raise money to buy a doll for Marianne.
Mickey is a poor boy who lives with his Uncle Pat. While they're broke, they're also very happy. Since Pat hasn't legally adopted Mickey, Aunt Kate gains custody and takes him to her mansion.
The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.
Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school.
When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.
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.
Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.
The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when leading lady Darla walks out on star Alfalfa.
This film revolves around Election Day, a day on which Jay R. and Joe are fighting to get votes. They warn the kids that they'll be socked in the jaw if they don't vote for them, but the kids are just trying to go about their business, namely Farina. His mother wants him to deliver laundry to her clients, but he can't go anywhere without being harassed by the gang. To escape them, he dons several costumes including that as an older woman, a dancer, and a scarecrow.
Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.