Surprised Parties
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Director Edward L. Cahn Film series Our Gang Duration Country United States | 4.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Family, Short Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer Hal Law , Robert A. McGowan Release date May 30, 1942 (1942-05-30) People also search for Doin Their Bit, Melodies Old and New Genres Short Film, Comedy, Family film, Black-and-white | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surprised Parties is a 1942 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 206th Our Gang short (207th episode, 118th talking short, 119th talking episode, and 38th MGM produced episode) that was released.
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Plot
Upset because, as a leap year baby (he only has a birthday every four years), Froggy bemoans the fact that he has almost never had a birthday party. The gang decides to throw a surprise party in Froggy's honor, but they pretend to throw him out of the clubhouse in order to keep it a secret. Vengefully, Froggy sneaks back and sets all sorts of booby-traps for the other gang members and then shows up at the party disguised as a new girl in town. But when Froggy discovers that the party was for him, he becomes guilty and sets off all the traps by himself.
Note
This was the last short with Edward Cahn as Our Gang's regular director. He would return in 1943 to direct Three Smart Guys. Herbert Glazer takes over directing beginning with Doin' Their Bit.
The Gang
Additional cast
Party guests
Buz Buckley, James Gubitosi, Tommy Tucker, Frank Ward
References
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