Free Eats (1932)

Free Eats is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Ray McCarey. It was the 112th Our Gang short to be released.

Plot

The gang along with other poor children in the town are given a party with games and great food to eat. In addition, each child would be given a food basket to bring home to their parents. It's given by a wealthy woman whose husband is running for office. Meanwhile a couple of criminals have set up two midgets to come to the party as babies. They would steal expensive jewelry and planned on robbing a safe filled with money. Stymie caught the "fidgets" in the safe. After an altercation with Stymie, the rest of the gang come to Stymie's rescue as the midgets pull a gun. An alarm goes off and the police come to arrest the midgets. Episode concludes with the police sergeant spitting tobacco into a nearby waste can, from which the missing midget then rises, telling the "flatfoot" to call his shots.

Cast

The Gang

Sherwood Bailey as Spud

Matthew Beard as Stymie

Dorothy DeBorba as Dorothy

Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer

Kendall McComas as Breezy Brisbane

George McFarland as Spanky

Pete the Pup as himself

Additional cast

Donald Haines as Kid getting cake in face at party

Eddie Baker as Detective's assistant

Harry Bernard as Officer Flaherty

Lillian Elliott as Mrs. Clark

Estelle Etterre as Estelle, a lawn-party guest

Paul Fix as Elvira, 'wife' of the head of the family of thieves

Otto Fries as Detective

Billy Gilbert as Head of the family of thieves

Dell Henderson as Mr. Moran

Tiny Lawrence as Waldemar, midget

Major Mite as Elmer, smaller midget

May Wallace as Friend of Mrs. Clark

Notes

Free Eats marked the debut appearance of George "Spanky" McFarland. He and his brother Tommy auditioned for Our Gang in the spring of 1931, with Spanky passing a screen test easily. Tommy also appeared in many Our Gang film in bit roles.

Reception

The Motion Picture Herald said that the short provided "innumerable laughs".

See also

Our Gang filmography

References

External links

Free Eats at IMDb