Choo-Choo! Explained

Choo-Choo!
Director:Robert F. McGowan
Producer:Robert F. McGowan
Hal Roach
Starring:George McFarland
Cinematography:Art Lloyd
Editing:Richard C. Currier
Music:Leroy Shield
Distributor:MGM
Runtime:20 minutes[1]
Country:United States
Language:English

Choo-Choo! is a 1932 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.[2] It was the 114th Our Gang short to be released.[3] It is a remake of the 1923 Our Gang film A Pleasant Journey.

Plot

Exchanging clothes with a group of runaway orphans who escape from a train, the gang ends up on a train headed for New Orleans. Pressed into service as the kids' supervisor, Travelers Aid attendant Mr. Henderson (Dell Henderson) suffers torment, especially when he tries to prevent three-year-old Spanky from socking the nose of every adult in sight.

Things come to a head late that night when Stymie accidentally releases a monkey from its cage, and the monkey in turn releases a menagerie of circus animals from the baggage car and then lights some fireworks. When the train reaches its destination the next morning, Mr. Henderson receives a telegram saying that he has the wrong children and must bring them back on a train to California.

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://theluckycorner.com/vc/cf.html#part%2021 theluckycorner.com/
  2. News: New York Times: Choo-Choo! . September 19, 2008 . Janet . Maslin . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520172019/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/64184/Choo-Choo-/overview . May 20, 2011 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Janet Maslin . 2011 . dead .
  3. Book: Maltin . Leonard . Bann . Richard W. . Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals . 1977 . Crown Publishers . 140-141 . 3 March 2024.