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Director
  
Herbert Glazer

Film series
  
Our Gang

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Family, Short

Produced by
  
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language
  
English

Writer
  
Hal Law
,
Robert A. McGowan

Release date
  
August 22, 1942 (1942-08-22)

Genres
  
Short Film, Comedy, Family film, Black-and-white

Similar movies
  
Rovers Big Chance and Unexpected Riches are part of the same movie series

Rover's Big Chance is a 1942 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Herbert Glazer. It was the 208th Our Gang short (209th episode, 120th talking short, 121st talking episode, and 40th MGM produced episode) that was released.

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Plot

Future film star Stephen McNally (here billed as Horace McNally) appears in this Our Gang episode as Bill Patterson, ace director at Mammoth Studios. On the say-so of studio casting director J.D. Broderick, Patterson agrees to give a screen test to the Our Gang kids' talented dog Rover. Alas, the petulant pooch does not take direction well, nor does he respond positively when the cameraman announces that he's "ready to shoot."

Note

  • By the time of Rover's Big Chance, Mickey Gubitosi had legally changed his name to Robert Blake. He retained the name "Mickey" for the remainder of the series.
  • Rover's Big Chance was the second MGM Our Gang short to lose money upon its initial release, losing nearly $1,800 after post-production costs were calculated.

    • The Gang

  • Robert Blake as Mickey
  • Janet Burston as Janet
  • Billy Laughlin as Froggy
  • George McFarland as Spanky
  • Billie Thomas as Buckwheat

    • Additional cast

  • Horace Stephen McNally as Wm. "Bill" Patterson
  • Freddie Chapman as Tony
  • Clyde Demback as Fatty
  • Bobby Anderson as Baseball player
  • Billy Finnegan as Baseball player
  • Bert Le Baron as Grip
  • Barbara Bedford as Studio clerk
  • Ben Hall as George
  • Hugh McCormick as Professor Ventriloko
  • Byron Shores as J.D. Broderick

    • References

    Rover's Big Chance Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Rovers Big Chance IMDb