Second Childhood (film)

Second Childhood (film)

Infobox Film
name = Second Childhood


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director = Gus Meins
producer = Hal Roach
writer =
narrator =
starring =
music =
cinematography = Francis Corby
editing = Louis McManus
distributor = MGM
released = 11 April, 1936
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "The Pinch Singer"
followed_by = "Arbor Day"
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0228828

"Second Childhood" is a 1936 "Our Gang" short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. It was the 144th "Our Gang" short (56th talking episode) that was released.

Plot

Veteran character actress Zeffie Tilbury steals the show in this immensely satisfying "Our Gang" comedy. On the occasion of her 65th birthday, a crotchety hypochondric lady goes through her daily rant as her snooty servants ply her with colorful but uncessary pills. Her "celebration" is interrupted when a toy plane owned by the "Our Gang" kids crashes through her dining room window and shatters a vase. Forced to do the old lady's yardwork to pay for the damage, the kids ever so gradually win her heart, mostly by refusing to mollycoddle her as her servants have done for so many years. Before long, the Gang's new "Grandma" is singing along with Spanky and Alfalfa, demolishing her pill bottles with a slingshot, embarking upon a wild roller-skate ride through her drafty mansion --- and having the time of her life in the process. cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225684/Second-Childhood/overview |title=New York Times: Second Childhood |accessdate=2008-09-21|work=NY Times] This would be the last episode directed by Gus Meins.

Cast

* George McFarland - Spanky
* Carl Switzer - Alfalfa
* Darla Hood - Darla
* Billie Thomas - Buckwheat
* Eugene Lee - Porky
* Dickie De Nuet - Dickie
* Zeffie Tilbury - Grandma
* Sidney Bracey - Hobson, the butler
* Gretta Gould - Maid

ee also

* Our Gang filmography

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0228828|title=Second Childhood


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