
Directing
Robert F. McGowan
Born 1882-07-11 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Robert Francis McGowan (July 11, 1882 – January 27, 1955) was an American film director and producer, best known as the senior director of the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1922 until 1933. McGowan died of cancer in Santa Monica, California, on January 27, 1955, at the age of 72. His nephew, screenwriter and director Robert A. McGowan, died five months later. From Wikipedia.
Acting credits
6.0The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area. True to his word, after Joe and Chubby's father leaves, a crazy man starts a train with most of the kids on it, save for Farina who is nearly run over several times. Once Farina manages to climb aboard himself, the kids attempt to stop the runaway locomotive, but have no luck until the engine crashes into a grocery truck. As it turns out, however, the entire incident is revealed to be a dream Farina had as Joe and Chubby's father lectured the kids about rail-yard safety.
Railroadin'
1929
9.0Whiskey smuggler Dubec, trades liquor to the Indians, takes revenge on the Royal North West Mounted Police pursuing him by killing the wife of post commander Sergeant Delisle and abducting his teen-aged daughter Nonette.
The Devil's Trail
1919
Behind the camera
7.0A young husband just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
Twin Beds
1920
6.0Mary Ann Jackson and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother and stepsister. The kids get even by rigging a few clever contraptions of their own. In the end the father sells a patent worth millions. Before that, the Our Gang kids bring out out the old "alum" gag, along with several other tried-and-true comedy bits.
The Spanking Age
1928
6.6Mr. and Mrs. Weedle are desperate to find two babies, for their rich uncle has sent them money for years thinking they have children. Now that he’s coming into town, the couple must find a pair of babies as soon as possible. The Our Gang kids are ready for the job, but a 27-year old midget is also in the running for the job and he doesn’t play fairly.
Baby Clothes
1926
6.9The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes with Toughie.
The Sun Down Limited
1924
7.6Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.
Free Wheeling
1932
6.4Fast Company is the sixteenth short in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series created by Hal Roach. Many of the boys here want to go swimming but Mickey has to make a delivery. On the way, he encounters a rich boy waiting at a station for his mom and as they get to talking they trade places since Mickey has never seen the inside of a hotel and the rich kid just wants to play. When the rich kid returns to the gang with the goat-pulling wagon, however, they resolve to go where Mickey is which is where the fun really begins...
Fast Company
1924
7.0The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Choo-Choo!
1932
7.0The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Choo-Choo!
1932
7.5Wheezer likes to hit people on the nose, and his folks encourage him to do so. Then the Gang wandering off climbing atop a construction site while the builders have gone to lunch.
The Old Wallop
1927
7.3A couple makes dolls modeled on neighborhood kids. A gardener at a mansion buys four of them for Mary, the girl of the house. He's her only friend: her parents neglect her for work and card games and her governess is humorless. Mary loves the dolls and dreams of them during her nap. While Mary sleeps, the governess throws the dolls in the dust bin. Mary wakes and goes searching - outside she runs into the very same four kids who were the dolls' models, and she thinks she's still dreaming...
Mary, Queen of Tots
1925
6.2The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.
Boxing Gloves
1929
6.6An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.
Our Gang
1922
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D
2012
7.0Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
Birthday Blues
1932
5.1While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
Lazy Days
1929
5.1While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
Lazy Days
1929
7.5Farina and Joe fib to the gang that they've beaten up the neighborhood bully. Later, they hear he's been murdered and think they'll get the blame.
Telling Whoppers
1926
7.6The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.
Hook and Ladder
1932
7.6The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.
Hook and Ladder
1932
5.8Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.
The First Seven Years
1930
5.8Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.
The First Seven Years
1930
6.5Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.
One Terrible Day
1922
6.7Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it. Finding himself locked out, he tries various means of getting back inside without his parents finding out. When his parents mistake his noises for a burglar, a local policeman is called, but he seems incompetent to catch either the phony burglar or the real one who has shown up in the meantime
When the Wind Blows
1930
4.6An actress is rehearsing a death scene in her apartment, but her neighbors all think it's the real thing.
Love Fever
1931
