The Wonder Dog Pal
Actor
Pal the Wonder Dog was a canine actor and the first dog to portray Pete the Pup in the Our Gang series, his most notable role. He was born with a ring around his eye, a feature emulated by future Pete the Pup actors. As a young dog, he appeared in Harold Lloyd's The Freshman. His son, Lucaney's Peter, took over the role of Pete the Pup after Pal's death.
Movies17
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceAn unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
The Freshman
1925 · 133 votes
Movie6.2ComedyThe gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.
Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929 · 7 votes
Movie6.2FamilyComedyWith Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.
Bouncing Babies
1929 · 7 votes
Movie8.0ComedyOne of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September. School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.
School Begins
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyWheezer gets excited watching his dog Pansy attack and rip apart the chickens and furniture in the back yard. His mother is upset, and his father takes his rifle to shoot the dog. Meanwhile, Joe Cobb has taught Pansy to play dead, and after the deed is done, he hides the dog at Farina's house.
Playin' Hookey
1928 · 3 votes
Movie8.0ComedyLiving in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. Thinking suspicion, the gang causes all kinds of havoc toward her including a mud battle.
Fair and Muddy
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.2ComedyCrazy House is a 1928 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 76th Our Gang short that was released. It was the final appearance of Jackie Condon, who was with the gang since the pilot episode of Our Gang in 1922.
Crazy House
1928 · 3 votes
Movie6.8ComedyFarina's mother is very ill and the mortgage is due. He tries to take over her laundry business, but the kids just wreck the clothes. Joe takes pity and devises a scheme to make money: the gang builds their own oil well.
The Smile Wins
1928 · 3 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Jerry flirts with a young miss whose parents are fighting for her custody in a divorce court. Jerry settles the argument by inviting the lady out for a ride in his speed bus with dog power. Pal is all six of the cylinders. The kids later wind up aboard a boat bound for Europe, shipped aboard in a case containing a litter of young leopards. There is considerable helter-skelter business when the animals break loose but young Jerry saves the day by coaxing them all back to their cages. Jerry is also the means of bringing about the reunion of his little girl friend's parents. —The Film Daily, October 31, 1926
Napoleon, Jr.
1926 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyMary Ann Jackson and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother and stepsister. The kids get even by rigging a few clever contraptions of their own. In the end the father sells a patent worth millions. Before that, the Our Gang kids bring out out the old "alum" gag, along with several other tried-and-true comedy bits.
The Spanking Age
1928 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyMary Ann is becoming a serious problem to the other gang members and Joe was given the job of training and controlling her behavior.
The Holy Terror
1929 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyWith Jay Edison as the inventor and Wheezer his assistant, the gang contrived an automobile of unusual construction; an automobile that will look like a submarine.
Edison, Marconi & Co.
1928 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyHorrorA Universal Pictures comedy short
Buster's Nightmare
1925 · 1 votes
Movie6.8ComedyThe kids decide to put on a circus at the local hotel. Seeing various pets and other domestic animals dressed up like circus animals was very cute--particularly the dachshund dressed as a seal! However, the animals all get loose and terrorize the hotel guests--including a drunk played by Oliver Hardy.
Barnum & Ringling, Inc.
1928 · 7 votes
Movie7.7ComedyHorrorAs a joke, several members of the gang convince Farina, who is "brave but superstitious", that he's caused the demise of a young acquaintance and must therefore lay the body (actually still very alive) to rest in the old burying ground, under the watchful eye of "the graveyard witch". The joke backfires spectacularly on the pranksters.
Spook Spoofing
1928 · 5 votes
Movie8.0ComedyMary Ann has a liking toward Wheezer. Her mother tells her that if she gives him cod liver oil, he can become a giant. A circus giant comes to board, learns the plan and substitutes for Wheezer.
Growing Pains
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.2ComedyJay and Wheezer are left alone on a rainy afternoon when Mom goes out to run errands. But when their friends drop by and trash the place, the boys must struggle to clean up before Mom returns.
Rainy Days
1928 · 3 votes