Shrimps for a Day

Shrimps for a Day
Directed by Gus Meins
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring George McFarland
Scotty Beckett
Matthew Beard
Jerry Tucker
Marianne Edwards
Leonard Kibrick
Jackie Taylor
Billie Thomas
Music by Leroy Shield
Cinematography Francis Corby
Edited by Louis McManus
Distributed by MGM
Release dates
  • December 8, 1934 (1934-12-08)
Running time
20' 18"
Country United States
Language English

Shrimps for a Day is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. It was the 133rd Our Gang short (45th talking episode) that was released.

Plot

The gang resides at the Happy Home Orphanage, an inaptly-named organization run under the nasty and dishonest dictatorship of Mr. (Clarence Wilson) and Mrs. Crutch (Rosa Gore). Invited to a garden party at the home of wealthy Mr. Wade, the kids enjoy a good time and are showered with gifts, knowing full well that their new clothes and toys will be seized and sold by the Crutches once they return to the orphanage.

Meanwhile, Mr. Wade's daughter Mary (Doris McMahan) and her boyfriend Dick (Joe Young) stumble upon a magic lamp, which grants them their wish: to be children again. Dick and Mary are summarily rounded up by the Crutches and bundled off to the orphanage, where they manage to get the goods on the underhanded operation. Spanky has some funny scenes, one of where he refuses to take a dose of castor oil and instead pushes it into Mr. Crutch's mouth. During a sleepless night, Spanky helps Dick escape out the window. Dick runs to Mary's house where he finds the lamp and wishes he was an adult again. He then returns to being an adult and leads Mr. Wade back to the orphanage, exposing Crutch and restoring Mary to adulthood. Spanky then has his revenge on Crutch by using the lamp to wish him down to his size, then beating him up.[1]

Notes

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

See also

References

  1. "New York Times:". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
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