Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Second Childhood (film)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.8
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7.8
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Director
  
Gus Meins

Writer
  
Jack Jevne (story)

Music director
  
Leroy Shield

Country
  
United States

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Family, Short

Film series
  
Our Gang

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Second Childhood (film) movie poster

Release date
  
April 11, 1936 (1936-04-11)

Cast
  
Darla Hood
(Darla (as Our Gang)),
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
(Porky (as Our Gang)),
George 'Spanky' McFarland
(Spanky (as Our Gang)),
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
(Alfalfa (as Our Gang)),
Billie Thomas
(Buckwheat (as Our Gang))

Similar movies
  
Minions
,
Inside Out
,
Jurassic World
,
Ant-Man
,
Terminator Genisys
,
Pixels

Second Childhood is a 1936 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. It was the 144th Our Gang short that was released.

Contents

Plot

On the occasion of her 65th birthday, a crotchety hypochondriac (Zeffie Tilbury) goes through her daily rant as her snooty servants ply her with colorful but unnecessary pills. Her "celebration" is interrupted when a toy plane owned by the gang 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.

Note

  • Unbeknownst to the cast, Zeffie Tilbury was blind. In between takes, she was led around by her staff.
  • This would be the last episode directed by Gus Meins.

    • The Gang

  • Darla Hood as Darla
  • Eugene Lee as Porky
  • George McFarland as Spanky
  • Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
  • Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
  • Dickie De Nuet as Our Gang member

    • Additional cast

  • Sidney Bracey as Hobson, the butler
  • Gretta Gould as Maid
  • Zeffie Tilbury as Grandma

    • References

    Second Childhood (film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Second Childhood (film) IMDb Second Childhood (film) themoviedb.org