Robert F. McGowan

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

Behind the camera

Twin Beds poster
7.0

A 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

The Spanking Age poster
6.0

Mary 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

Baby Clothes poster
6.6

Mr. 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

The Sun Down Limited poster
6.9

The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes with Toughie.

The Sun Down Limited

1924

Free Wheeling poster
7.6

Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.

Free Wheeling

1932

Fast Company poster
6.4

Fast 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

Choo-Choo! poster
7.0

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

Choo-Choo!

1932

Choo-Choo! poster
7.0

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

Choo-Choo!

1932

The Old Wallop poster
7.5

Wheezer 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

Mary, Queen of Tots poster
7.3

A 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

Boxing Gloves poster
6.2

The 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

Our Gang poster
6.6

An 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

The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D

2012

Birthday Blues poster
7.0

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

Birthday Blues

1932

Lazy Days poster
5.1

While 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

Lazy Days poster
5.1

While 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

Telling Whoppers poster
7.5

Farina 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

Hook and Ladder poster
7.6

The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

Hook and Ladder

1932

Hook and Ladder poster
7.6

The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

Hook and Ladder

1932

The First Seven Years poster
5.8

Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.

The First Seven Years

1930

The First Seven Years poster
5.8

Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.

The First Seven Years

1930

One Terrible Day poster
6.5

Mrs. 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

When the Wind Blows poster
6.7

Jackie 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

Love Fever poster
4.6

An actress is rehearsing a death scene in her apartment, but her neighbors all think it's the real thing.

Love Fever

1931