Writing

Hal Law

Born — Died

1904-02-21 — 1980-11-14

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

32 titles

Known for

Robot Wrecks poster
5.8

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

Robot Wrecks

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps poster
7.7

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941

1-2-3-Go! poster
6.6

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.

1-2-3-Go!

1941

Waldo's Last Stand poster
7.0

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.

Waldo's Last Stand

1940

Fightin' Fools poster
6.6

While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.

Fightin' Fools

1941

Dad for a Day poster
6.7

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

Dad for a Day

1939

Behind the camera

Robot Wrecks poster
5.8

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

Robot Wrecks

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps poster
7.7

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941

1-2-3-Go! poster
6.6

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.

1-2-3-Go!

1941

Waldo's Last Stand poster
7.0

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.

Waldo's Last Stand

1940

Fightin' Fools poster
6.6

While the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.

Fightin' Fools

1941

Dad for a Day poster
6.7

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

Dad for a Day

1939

No artwork available
7.0

Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he ends up letting the team down when his poor grades cause him to be suspended from play.

Time Out for Lessons

1939

Mighty Lak a Goat poster
6.5

The Our Gang gets splashed by mud from a passing car and so using some cleaning fluid to get rid of the mud; they unknowingly created a bad odour among themselves.

Mighty Lak a Goat

1942

Tale of a Dog poster
6.5

When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.

Tale of a Dog

1944

Don't Lie poster
6.5

After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.

Don't Lie

1942

All About Hash poster
6.0

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.

All About Hash

1940

Captain Spanky's Show Boat poster
7.0

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

1939

No artwork available
7.0

To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.

Bubbling Troubles

1940

Family Troubles poster
6.8

Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah Padden and Harry C. Bradley) for the honor.

Family Troubles

1943

Joy Scouts poster
6.8

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.

Joy Scouts

1939

Alfalfa's Double poster
6.7

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

Alfalfa's Double

1940

Tiny Troubles poster
6.8

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

Tiny Troubles

1939

No artwork available
8.0

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.

Kiddie Kure

1940

No artwork available
7.7

Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.

The Little Ranger

1938

No artwork available
7.5

While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.

Duel Personalities

1939

Good Bad Boys poster
7.0

Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.

Good Bad Boys

1940

Going to Press poster
7.5

The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.

Going to Press

1942

No artwork available
7.2

The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.

Auto Antics

1939

The Big Premiere poster
6.7

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. Not to worry--the Our Gang stage their own premiere night in the clubhouse barn.

The Big Premiere

1940

No artwork available
6.6

The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.

Men in Fright

1938

Clown Princes poster
6.0

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.

Clown Princes

1939

Dancing Romeo poster
8.0

Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.

Dancing Romeo

1944

Baby Blues poster
8.0

Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.

Baby Blues

1941

Three Smart Guys poster
8.0

Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day. At the fishing hole, there are plenty of lunkers just waiting for the bait, but the boys have some comic trouble. After Buckwheat finds a new way to catch fish, an old man gives them a life lesson. Will they keep fishing or change their ways?

Three Smart Guys

1943

Surprised Parties poster
6.2

Since Froggy was born on Leap Year Day, he's upset that he only gets a birthday party once every four years. So, the gang decide to have a surprise party for him.

Surprised Parties

1942

No artwork available
6.7

Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.

Helping Hands

1941

No artwork available
6.8

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fraudulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances.

Unexpected Riches

1942