Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	George McFarland Carl Switzer Billie Thomas Eugene Lee Darla Hood Darwood Kaye Shirley Coates Rosina Lawrence Sidney Bracey Nora Cecil Jack Egan George the Monk
Cinematography	Art Lloyd
Edited by	William H. Ziegler
Music by	Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	May 13, 1937 (1937-05-13)
Running time	10:35
Country	United States
Language	English

Three Smart Boys is a 1937 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas. It was the 153rd Our Gang short to be released.[1]

Plot

The boys are anxious to get out of school. They overhear the superintendent of the area's schools talking with Miss Lawrence who wants to close the school for a week to attend a sister's wedding. She was initially denied stating that only an epidemic would justify closing school. Spanky then decides to stage a phony epidemic with Alfalfa and Buckwheat. This time, it is the measles, requiring the boys to paint blotches on their faces. The plan comes a-cropper when, while visiting the doctor (Sidney Bracey), the boys are led to believe that Buckwheat has been transformed into a monkey. Spanky and Alfalfa think Buckwheat is still a monkey. That was when he found out that the superintendent changed her mind and decided to let Miss Lawrence to attend the wedding after all and the school would be closed for a week.[2]

Cast

The Gang

• Eugene Lee as Porky
• George McFarland as Spanky
• Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
• Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
• Darwood Kaye as Waldo

Additional cast

• Sidney Bracey as O.T. Hertz, the veterinary doctor
• Nora Cecil as Miss Witherspoon, Superintendent
• Jack Egan as The assistant
• Rosina Lawrence as Miss Lawrence, Teacher
• Darla Hood as Darla
• Shirley Coates as Girl with Darla
• George the Monk as Monkey

Production notes

Three Smart Boys marked the eighth and final appearance of Rosina Lawrence as teacher "Miss Jones." The film was marginally edited due to perceived racism toward African Americans on the syndicated Little Rascals television package in 1971.

See also

• Our Gang filmography

References

1. Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-0-517-52675-0. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
2. Hal Erickson (2008). "New York Times: Three Smart Boys". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-21.

External links

• Three Smart Boys at IMDb