Readin' and Writin'

Infobox Film
name = Readin' and Writin'


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director = Robert F. McGowan
producer = Robert F. McGowan
Hal Roach
writer = H. M. Walker
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music = Leroy Shield
Marvin Hatley
cinematography = Art Lloyd
editing = Richard C. Currier
distributor = MGM
released = 2 February, 1932
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "Dogs Is Dogs"
followed_by = "Free Eats"
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imdb_id = 0023377

"Readin' and Writin"' is a 1932 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/64188/Readin-and-Writin-/overview |title=New York Times: Readin' and Writin' |accessdate=2008-09-20|work=NY Times] It was the 111th (22nd talking episode) "Our Gang" short that was released.

Plot

Its the first day of school and some chidren are beginning school for the first time. Breezy/Brisbane is returning for another year. His mother tells him that he is to study hard in school and that he will be president some day. He answers back that he does not want to be president and wants to be a street car conductor. Brisbane then visits the blacksmith who gives him some encouraging words. Brisband makes a wize reamrk angering the blacksmith who tells Brisbane of a kid that got expelled back when he was a child. Brisbane then gets some bright ideas to get himself kicked out of school.

He tells Stymie to call Miss Crabtree "Crabby", tells Dorothy to give Miss Crabtree a note stating she is hard of hearing, and tells Wheezer to answer questions rudely. Brisbane also puts tacks on the seats, glues Miss Crabtree's books together, and blows a loud horn in the classroom.

Sherwood/Spud then recites a poem honoring the teacher. Brisbane then throws a spitball at Sherwood. Miss Crabtree sends Brisbane out in the hall. Brisbane then brings Dinah the Mule inside the schoolroom. Miss Crabtree then punishes Brisbane and tells him to learn Sherwood's poem and recite every verse to the class. Brisbane refused and Miss Crabtree suspends him pending expulsion. Brisbane then realizes that being out of school with noone to play with and nothing to do is not all that much fun. He then learns the poem and sincerely apologizes to Miss Crabtree. She still makes him recite the poem and he does so in tears. The class all makes fun of him. Then Marmalade accidentally brings in a skunk from outside and it sprays sending the class all outside.

This is the last episode with Miss Crabtree and the first episode with Brisbane/Breezy. He is the main character on this episode but after that he gets very few speacking roles. He leaves Our Gang late in 1932. A few minutes were edited out of the Little Rascals televsion package back in 1971 beacuse of percieved racism toward African Americans and a few other scenes were deemed to simply be in bad taste. These scenes were reinstated in 2001 when shown on AMC until 2003.

Cast

* Kendall McComas - Breezy Brisbane
* Matthew Beard - Stymie
* Sherwood Bailey - Spud
* Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
* Dorothy DeBorba - Dorothy
* Carlena Beard - Marmalade
* Donald Haines
* Bobby Mallon
* Douglas Greer
* Mildred Kornman
* Dickie Jackson
* Artye Folz
* Patsy Britten
* Georgie Billings
* Harold Wertz
* Pete the Pup - Petie
* Dinah The Mule
* June Marlowe - Miss June Crabtree
* Harry Bernard - The fruit vendor
* Otto Fries - The blacksmith
* Lyle Tayo - Breezy's mother
* May Wallace - Wheezer's mother

ee also

* Our Gang filmography

References

External links

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