Moan and Groan, Inc.

Moan and Groan, Inc.

Directed by	Robert F. McGowan
Produced by	Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
Written by	Robert F. McGowan H.M. Walker
Starring	Edgar Kennedy Max Davidson Allen Hoskins Norman Chaney Mary Ann Jackson Jackie Cooper Bobby Hutchins
Cinematography	F. E. Hershey Art Lloyd
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	MGM
Release dates	December 7, 1929 (1929-12-07)
Running time	20' 36"^[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Moan and Groan, Inc. is a 1929 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.^[2]^[3] Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 94th Our Gang short to be released.

Synopsis

Friendly neighborhood policeman Kennedy the Cop (Edgar Kennedy) warns the gang to stay away from an old abandoned house in the neighborhood. Instead, he suggests the kids go dig for buried treasure, which they proceed to do—in the basement of the old abandoned house. The house is inhabited by a homeless lunatic (played by Jewish comedian Max Davidson in a rare, mostly non-ethnic role), who takes giddy delight in scaring the children, particularly Farina. Kennedy eventually turns up at the house to save the kids and apprehend the lunatic, but can hardly take care of himself.

Notes

Moan and Groan, Inc. features a short appearance by former Our Gang kid Jay R. Smith, his only appearance in a sound Our Gang short and his final appearance in the series.
Because of its reliance upon Jewish American and African American stereotypes, Moan and Groan, Inc. was deleted from King World's Little Rascals television package in 1971.

Cast

The Gang

Norman Chaney as Chubby
Jackie Cooper as Jackie
Allen Hoskins as Farina
Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
Bobby Mallon as Bobby
Pete the Pup as Himself

Additional cast

Betty Jane Beard as Trellis, Farina's baby brother
Jay R. Smith as Kid with Japanese handcuffs
Max Davidson as The lunatic
Edgar Kennedy as Kennedy the Cop

References

↑ theluckycorner.com/
↑ "Silent Era: Moan and Groan, Inc.". silentera. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
↑ "New York Times: Moan and Groan, Inc.". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-09-16.

External links

Moan and Groan, Inc. at the Internet Movie Database

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