Kiddie Kure

Kiddie Kure
Directed byEdward Cahn
Written byHal Law
Robert A. McGowan
Produced byJack Chertok
Richard Goldstone for MGM
StarringGeorge McFarland
Carl Switzer
Darla Hood
Billie Thomas
Mickey Gubitosi
Billy Laughlin
Thurston Hall
Gerald Oliver Smith
Edwin Stanley
CinematographyJackson Rose
Edited byLeon Borgeau
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 23, 1940 (1940-11-23)
Running time
10:46
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Kiddie Kure is a 1940 American short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 194th Our Gang short to be released.[1]

Plot

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of Morton's windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.

Hoping to prove that he would be an unsuitable parent, Morton pretends that he is crazy, the better to scare away the gang and to dissuade Mrs. Morton from her adoption scheme. Instead, the kids prove to Morton that he does not need all his pills and poultices, thereby giving the old man a new lease on life and a better appreciation of children.

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

  • Rollie and Bobby Jones as Tisket and Tasket
  • Thurston Hall as Mr. Bill Morton
  • Gerald Oliver Smith as Evans the butler
  • Edwin Stanley as Doctor Malcolm Scott
  • Josephine Whittel as Mrs. Julie Morton
  • Freddie Chapman as Rival team member (scenes deleted)
  • Hugh Chapman as Rival team member (scenes deleted)

Production notes

Kiddie Kure is a partial remake of Second Childhood, which starred much of the same cast. It also marked the final appearance of Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer. At 12 years of age, he was the oldest member of the cast.

See also

References

  1. ^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-517-52675-0. Retrieved 3 March 2024.



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