Tiny Troubles (1939)

Name: Tiny Troubles
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1939-02-18
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Billie Thomas

Tiny Troubles (1939), directed by George Sidney, starring Darla Hood and Eugene 'Porky' Lee.

02/18/1939 BR Comedy 10m

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Synopsis

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

George SidneyDirector
Hal LawWriter
Robert A. McGowanWriter

Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)

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Tiny Troubles is a 1939 Our Gang short comedy film directed by George Sidney. It was the 176th Our Gang short to be released.

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Tiny Troubles is a 1939 Our Gang short comedy film directed by George Sidney. It was the 176th Our Gang short to be released.

Plot

Alfalfa has a loud crying baby brother that he wants to get rid of. When out with the gang he sees what he thinks is a baby in a carriage. He puts his baby brother in that carriage and takes this "baby" back home. But the baby happens to be a midget who lives a life of crime named "Lightfingered Lester". Lester initially plays along but causes all sorts of havoc soon after including drinking beer, taunting the gang, and attempting to rob the house. Someone else finds the baby and brings him to the police station. The police then raid Alfalfa's home and take the gang in when they find Lester there. They are all taken in. They send Lester back to jail while giving the gang probation.

Cast

The Gang

Carl Switzer as Alfalfa Switzer

Darla Hood as Darla

Eugene Lee as Porky

George McFarland as Spanky

Billie Thomas as Buckwheat

Additional cast

Barbara Bedford as Mrs. Switzer, Alfalfa's mother

Fred Kelsey as Police chief

Jerry Marenghi as Light Fingered Lester

Sue Moore as Myrtle

Emory Parnell as Officer Clancy

Lee Phelps as Officer O'Brien

Critical reception

In the book The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang, film critic Leonard Maltin commented that Tiny Troubles is a "shapeless reworking" of 1929's Bouncing Babies consisting of "woefully thin stuff". He added that the film "represents the first really bad MGM Our Gang short" and that "somehow the [MGM] production staff expected an audience to swallow the idea that 11-year-old Alfalfa and 10-year-old Spanky couldn't tell the difference between an infant and a midget dressed as one." Maltin concluded by saying "embarrassment replaces laughter."

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External links

Tiny Troubles at IMDb

Tiny Troubles at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Text from Tiny Troubles on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Troubles

Trivia

It premiered on February 18, 1939, a Saturday.
It is film 14 of 58 in the Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938) franchise.
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

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LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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What is Tiny Troubles about?

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

Who directed Tiny Troubles?

Tiny Troubles was directed by George Sidney in 1939.

Who stars in Tiny Troubles?

The cast of Tiny Troubles includes Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George McFarland, Carl Switzer and Billie Thomas.

How long is Tiny Troubles?

Tiny Troubles runs for 10 minutes, or 0h10.

What is the correct order of the Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938) films?

The Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938) franchise has 58 films in the catalogue. In release order: Fly My Kite; Choo-Choo!; Washee Ironee; Shrimps for a Day; Os Batutinhas: O Melhor de Batatinha; Night 'n' Gales; The Little Ranger; Party Fever.