Robert F. McGowan

Whiskey smuggler Dubec, trades liquor to the Indians, takes revenge on the Royal North West Mounted Police pursuing him by killing the wife of post...

The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous...

A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.

Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the...

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.

Spanky, Buckwheat, Porky and all of the Little Rascals at their hilarious best! All films in this fantastic collection have been fully-restored and...

The students of Lakeview Elementary devise comedic ways to torment their new teacher.

When Brent Halston returns he finds his father in an insane asylum and Wilton about to foreclose on their ranch and bring sheep onto the cattle...

The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry...

While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.

While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous...

The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous...

The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a...

The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a...

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.

While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.

The gang decides to enter their animals in a local pet show.

Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.

Tired of going to school, Breezy comes up with a plan to get himself expelled.

While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."

The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.

The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie, Dorothy, and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."

A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.

The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.

Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.

Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.

Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.

A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates.

This is a really strange, but thought provoking film. Here, beloved Mary literally lets Harry Spear kick her behind, spend her money on him, and...

Wheezer pretends to be sick in order to get his parents to stop fighting.

With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.

The gang creates a huge mess after they get into a taffy-pulling contest.

Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart...

The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but...

Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.

The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit,...

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.

The Rascals take their homemade boat on a search for treasure and crash a movie set.

An abused chimpanzee escapes from a zoo. On the run, he meets Farina, running away from home and his battling parents. The two become friends and...

The Gang stages their own revisionist version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in Mickey's barn. But Joe's mother thinks the back yard needs cleaning, and...

The kids are playing baseball when a man dressed in Middle-Eastern clothing comes out and tells them to be quiet. They join Mary, Farina, and Scooter...

Mr. and Mrs. Weedle are desperate to find two babies, for their rich uncle has sent them money for years thinking they have children. Now that...

While on a cross-country train trip, the Our Gang kids drive the rest of the passengers crazy with a never-ending game of cowboys and Indians. During...

On Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Santa Claus really exists for those who wish...

The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet animals get drunk on his moonshine.

An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.

The Mystic J.J.J.'s challenge Ernie's bravery; he spins a tale of saving a rich young girl from kidnappers and of creating a utopia called Freetown.

The gang mistakenly believes a police patrol is after them for beating up a cop's boy; they wind up encountering the police's real quarry: Red Mike.

Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.

The Rascals, feeling unloved at home, decide to become pirates. Meanwhile, a mother, an aunt and a valet join the cops in searching for the runaways.

The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.

Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals.

Entertaining Our Gang comedy has poor Mickey in the hospital being fed castor oil when his friends stop by to pay him a visit. As you'd expect, the...

The gang creates its own makeshift county fair, highlighted by a "movie," which is really a clever stage performance.

The gang, after a premature end to their baseball game, find themselves quarantined in an elegant home, which they proceed to destroy.

Farina'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...

The kids gets taken on a Sunday picnic in this early three-reeler and after the first ten minutes, manage to elude the adults in this typically...

The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mickey and Jack are trying to win the affections of...

After the gang goes to the horse races, they decide to have a derby of their own.

As 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...

This one has to be seen to be believed. Apparently the gang has witnessed a Ku Klux Klan meeting. They decide to form their own lodge. They call...

The 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...

The gang operates a donkey-propelled tour bus. Later, a cut-rate vaudeville producer hires them to help out with his show, which they wreck.

Author Fawn Ochletree stages a charity performance of her latest play, a Romanesque epic. The gang and other neighborhood kids are forced into...

Ernie and Farina anger the police force with their shoeshine scheme. Later, the gang switches places with some runaways about to board a train.

The students of Lakeview Elementary devise comedic ways to torment their new teacher.

At the start we learn that Farina is suffering nightmares each time he eats meat. His mom tells him to stay away from the stuff but he loves it so...

The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes with Toughie.

Fast Company is the sixteenth short in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series created by Hal Roach. Many of the boys here want to go swimming but...

The boys cannot go fishing because they have to take care of their baby brothers and sisters. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their babies to...

The kids pretend to be hunting a variety of animals when they're invited to a farm where they try to capture real game. This gets boring after a...

In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close...

A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift...

Centering around the closing days of the school year, this is a view into the life of a one-room schoolhouse. This type of learning institution has...

This Our Gang short has the group playing pirates and building a ship to sail in. Once the ship hits water it sinks but they end up on another boat...

This Hal Roach comedy short, Tire Trouble, is the twenty-second entry in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series. In this one, Mickey drives his own...

This Our Gang short has the group running an athletic club where Joe is put through a couple fights. They also appear to be running a wireless...

Mickey is a poor boy who lives with his Uncle Pat. While they're broke, they're also very happy. Since Pat hasn't legally adopted Mickey, Aunt Kate...

Mickey Daniels doing an impersonation of Sherlock Holmes and Joe Cobb being Watson as the two try to discover the whereabouts of a young rich kids...

When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.

Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for...

The kids in the tenements have no place to play except in streets where traffic is a hazard. Mickey gets the idea of building barricades to give our...

The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs...

Farina, Joe and Mickey are all struck by the love bug. After several problems, they go to the beauty salon, where Pineapple works and proceed to make...

The gang decided to go into the movie-making business, using all kinds of sets and props. There were problems as those not involved are trying to...

Your Own Back Yard is a 1925 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 43rd Our Gang short subject released. ...

Mickey's mother makes him dance and won't let him fight. Only his grandma understands what it's like to be a boy. When Mickey gets into a fight, his...

The circus is in town and for one day only. By pretending to be sick some of the gang members were able to play hooky from school so as to attend the...

The gang has a taxi, consisting of an old Model T with no engine, pushed by a horse. When the owner takes his horse back, they must rely on motorists...

The gang play inside a railroad box car which suddenly closes, trapping them inside. The next morning they find themselves in New York City. After...

Many of the "Our Gang" kids are in their secret clubhouse - so secret that some wannabe members have troubles trying to find the tunnel entrance -...

A couple makes dolls modeled on neighborhood kids. A gardener at a mansion buys four of them for Mary, the girl of the house. He's her only friend:...

The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.

Family drama about a father raising his motherless teenage daughter in a small town.

Crazy 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...

Sons of The Legion is a film about a group of young men looking to start a squadron in their Legion Post. However, because the boy's father...

In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a...

It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the...

Mary Ann Jackson and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother and...

Little Mother is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by...

The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.

With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.

Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.

The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

An actress is rehearsing a death scene in her apartment, but her neighbors all think it's the real thing.

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

A man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers.

Farina Hoskins discovers a stray dog. Joe Cobb suggests that he and Farina take the dog to the gang's dog show. In the middle of the show, the...

A young married couple volunteer to take charge of several orphans after the asylum has burned down. Of course they find their hands full with their...

A hypnotist comes to town and puts the gang in animal-like trances. Now that the spell is off, the gang returns back to their usual roles. But then...

A man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers.

Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.

Farina and Joe fib to the gang that they've beaten up the neighborhood bully. Later, they hear he's been murdered and think they'll get the blame.

Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who won't stop crying. Every effort to calm Rupert...

One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the...

Wheezer likes to hit people on the nose, and his folks encourage him to do so. Then the Gang wandering off climbing atop a construction site while...

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.

The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go...

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go...

Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.

Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it. Finding himself locked out, he tries various means of...

Wife tries to do something about her husband's fondness for the bottle.

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Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.

The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but...

The Gang turn to playing football, and face tough competition against the Gas House Garlics.

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

A short film from Hal Roach Studios' All-Star series.