Moan and Groan, Inc.

Moan and Groan, Inc.
Directed by	Robert F. McGowan
Written by	Robert F. McGowan H.M. Walker
Produced by	Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
Starring	Edgar Kennedy Max Davidson Allen Hoskins Norman Chaney Mary Ann Jackson Jackie Cooper Bobby Hutchins
Cinematography	F. E. Hershey Art Lloyd
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	December 7, 1929 (1929-12-07)
Running time	20' 36"[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Moan and Groan, Inc. is a 1929 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.[2][3] Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 94th Our Gang short to be released.[4]

Synopsis

Friendly neighborhood policeman Kennedy the Cop warns the gang to stay away from an old abandoned house in the neighborhood. Instead, he suggests the kids go dig for buried treasure, which they proceed to do in the basement of an old abandoned house. The house is inhabited by a homeless lunatic, who takes giddy delight in scaring the children, particularly Farina. Kennedy eventually turns up at the house to save the kids and apprehend the lunatic, but can hardly take care of himself.

Notes

• Moan and Groan, Inc. features a short appearance by former Our Gang kid Jay R. Smith, his only appearance in a sound Our Gang short and his final appearance in the series.
• Because of its reliance upon Irish American, Jewish American and African American stereotypes, Moan and Groan, Inc. was deleted from King World's Little Rascals television package in 1971.

Cast

The Gang

• Norman Chaney as Chubby
• Jackie Cooper as Jackie
• Allen Hoskins as Farina
• Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
• Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
• Bobby Mallon as Bobby
• Pete the Pup as Himself

Additional cast

• Betty Jane Beard as Trellis, Farina's baby brother
• Jay R. Smith as Kid with Japanese handcuffs
• Max Davidson as The Lunatic
• Edgar Kennedy as Kennedy the Cop

Filming Locations

The actual "haunted house / old powder house" was the Minorini ranch house[5] which was built in the 1870s by the Don Jose Arnaz, owner of Rancho Rincon de los Beyes which covered most of the present-day Beverlywood neighborhood in Los Angeles and most of present-day Culver City, California.[6]

See also

• Our Gang filmography

References

1. theluckycorner.com/
2. "Silent Era: Moan and Groan, Inc". silentera. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
3. Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Moan and Groan, Inc". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
4. Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-0-517-52675-0. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
5. "Don José de Arnaz – Romance of a Rancho – Cheviot Hills History". Retrieved November 14, 2024.
6. Now, Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and. "Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now". Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now. Retrieved November 14, 2024.

External links

• Moan and Groan, Inc. at IMDb