Robert F. McGowan Movies

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child....

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...

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

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...

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...

Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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