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Director
  
Film series
  
Our Gang

Language
  
English

7.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Family, Short

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Writer
  
,
H. M. Walker
,

Release date
  
May 27, 1933 (1933-05-27)

Music director
  
Cast
  
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
(Stymie), (Tommy),
John 'Uh huh' Collum
, (Dorothy), (Cap's wife),
Bill Farnum
(Tap Dancer)

Similar movies
  
Our Gang movies

Cap treats the gang to a day at an amusement park to get away from their mean headmistress.

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Mush and Milk is a comedy short subject; part of the Our Gang (Little Rascals) series. It was produced and directed by Robert F. McGowan for Hal Roach, and was originally released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 27, 1933. It was the 123rd (35th talking episode) Our Gang short that was released.

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

Plot

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The children live in the Bleak Hill boarding school, where they are yelled at, punished, and browbeaten by the ghastly old headmistress. The day begins with the headmistress waking the boys up and telling them to get their chores done or they will get a beating and nothing to eat. In school, however, they are taught by the headmistress husband, the gentle and lovable Old Cap, who runs the school in an informal manner. Cap wants to do something nice for the children, since their school meals usually consist of mush and milk. Just as the headmistress leaves the boys sleeping quarters, Old Cap comes in to say hi to them. At that time, he promises that when he gets his back pension they will all leave that place and live well with tons of presents for the children. After the boys are up, the headmistress tells the boys to milk the cow and that they will be thrashed if they spill any.

They spill the milk and use plaster of paris to substitute the milk. They warn the other classmates, by passing a message at the breakfast table. Stymie warns his neighbor to not drink the milk ("its spoiled!"). This message is passed in this manner around all the breakfast tables. Then Spanky innocently warns the headmistress to not drink the milk, who in turn, scolds the children and demands that milk be put on their oatmeal without issue and eaten immediately. This results in the forming of a hardened plaster mix in their bowls, and leaves them banging their spoons against the "spoiled" mush and milk, in a futile attempt to do as they are told.

Then after an amusing class session of foolish answers, Cap allows them an impromptu talent show. The kids do a dance, Spanky speaks a poem, Stymie plays a harmonica, and Tommy belts out a scowling rendition of "Just Friends (Lovers No More)", complete with adult-oriented lyrics.

During class, the phone rings and is answered by Spanky. The call is from Mr. Brown at the bank who wants to speak to Cap; both Spanky and Mr. Brown engage in one of the funniest scenes in the series. Finally, after getting Spanky to retrieve Cap, Mr. Brown tells Cap that his back pension of $4000 ($71,160 as of 2014) has finally arrived. Ecstatic, Cap treats the children to toys, a day at an amusement pier, and a meal at a fancy restaurant. They decide to order an exotic-sounding French dessert, which turns out to be none other than mush and milk, which is thrown at the waiter.

The Gang

  • Matthew Beard as Stymie
  • Tommy Bond as Tommy
  • Dorothy DeBorba as Dorothy
  • Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
  • George McFarland as Spanky
  • Dickie Moore as Dick
  • John Collum as Uh-huh
  • Edith Fellows as Girl in kitchen
  • Bill Farnum as Billy
  • Dickie Jackson as Dickie
  • Marcia Mae Jones as Our Gang member
  • Olga Therkow as Olga
  • Pete the Pup as Himself
  • Additional cast

  • Gus Leonard as Cap, teacher
  • Louise Emmons as Caps wife, the Headmistress
  • James Finlayson as Mr. Brown, the banker
  • Rolfe Sedan as Waiter
  • Joe the Monk as Monkey
  • Quotes

  • Cap: "Uh-Huh, can you use the word "isthmus" in a sentence?"
  • Uh-Huh: “Uh-huhhhhh… Isthmus be my lucky day!"
  • Spanky (cheerily): "Hellooooooooooo!"
  • Mr. Brown: "Who is this?"
  • Spanky (looking into receiver): "I dont know, I cant see ya!"
  • Mr. Brown (reacting) "This is Mr. Brown of the First National Bank. Who is this?"
  • Spanky: "Mister Brown of the First National Bank! Thats whatcha just told me!"
  • Mr. Brown: "What number is this?"
  • Spanky: "How many guesses?"
  • Mr. Brown (squinting, outraged): "Whats the big idea anyway?"
  • Spanky: "I dunno! You started it!"
  • References

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