Choo-Choo!

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.

Choo-Choo!
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Directed by	Robert F. McGowan
Written by	Hal Roach H. M. Walker
Produced by	Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
Starring	George McFarland
Cinematography	Art Lloyd
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Music by	Leroy Shield
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	March 7, 1932 (1932-03-07)
Running time	20 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Exchanging clothes with a group of runaway orphans who escape from a train, the gang ends up on a train headed for Chicago. 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

• George McFarland as Spanky
• Sherwood Bailey as Spud
• Matthew Beard as Stymie
• Dorothy DeBorba as Dorothy
• Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
• Kendall McComas as Breezy Brisbane
• Harold Wertz as Bouncy
• Pete the Pup as Himself

Additional cast

• Dell Henderson as Mr. Henderson
• Donald Haines as Leader of the runaway orphans
• Wally Albright as Runaway orphan
• Georgie Billings as runaway orphan
• Buddy McDonald as runaway orphan
• Douglas Greer as runaway orphan
• Bobby Mallon as runaway orphan
• Eddie Baker as Officer
• Harry Bernard as Pullman conductor
• Silas D. Wilcox as Pullman attendant
• Estelle Etterre as Dorothy's mother
• Otto Fries as Inebriated novelties salesman
• Lyle Tayo as Secretary
• Baldwin Cooke as Extra on train
• Oliver Hardy as inebriated novelties salesman yelling as bear licks his face (voice only)

Filming Locations

In an early scene in the film, the Gang is seen playing next to the Santa Fe Railway's La Grande Station at 2nd Street and Santa Fe Avenue in Los Angeles.^[4]

See also

• Our Gang filmography