The Pooch
	11 June 1932
	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	sound short
	2-reels

Director/Producer	Producer/Story	Dialogue	Cinematography	Editor	Sound recording
Robert F. McGowan	Hal Roach	H.M. Walker	Art Lloyd	Richard C. Currier	James Greene

Stymie, Spanky - and even Pete the pup are sitting on barstools at a roadside diner.  Stymie fantasises about ordering an almighty feast consisting of beef steak, oatmeal, pork chops, a piece of chocolate cake, and a couple of pieces of pie.  When the attendant (Baldwin Cooke) returns to the counter to serve the boys but when he realises they have no money he meanly asks how they expect to eat without paying for their food.  Stymie replies, "Well we don't expect it, we just want it!"  The intolerant diner tells the boys to scram. Stymie and Spanky sit down by the road and discuss their hunger.  Stymie's thoughts turn to the dog Pete as a sausage.

PIC	Favourite bit Undecided.

Facts •Filmed March 9-17, 1932.  Eight shooting dates went into the making of this film.  Five weeks had passed since shooting finished for "Choo-Choo!" (no. 114).  The studio was closed during one of those weeks.  The 'start' date for "The Pooch" arrived on Mar. 9th, and shooting continued until the 'finish' date of Mar. 17th.  No shooting took place on Mar. 13th, which was a Sunday.  After this, nine weeks passed before the Our Gang unit began shooting "Hook And Ladder" (no. 116).  The studio was closed during five of those weeks. •Production G-8. •It was the 115th film in the series to be released, and the last of the 1931/32 season. •Copyrighted June 13, 1932, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation. Registration no. LP3086.  Renewed February 17, 1960, with registration no. R252229.  This copyright is currently due to expire at the end of 2027. •The IMDb give a false release date of June 14, 1932. Did you notice? •The very opening scene is rather amusing - with Stymie, Spanky - and Pete all sitting on the stools at the bar! •The roadside diner seen in the film is the same one that Laurel & Hardy use in Any Old Port! (also 1932).

	George 'Spanky' McFarland Spanky
	Sherwood Bailey Spud
	Matthew 'Stymie' Beard Stymie
	Harry Bernard Officer
	Baldwin Cooke Diner attendant
	Dorothy DeBorba Dorothy
	Estelle Etterre First housewife
	Budd Fine Budd, the dogcatcher
	Artye Folz Girl who reads
	Dick Gilbert Co-worker at dog pound
	Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins Wheezer
	Dickie Jackson Kid who throws donut
	Kendall McComas Breezy
	May Wallace Second housewife
	Harold 'Bouncy' Wertz Bouncy
	Pete Pete

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Acknowledgements: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023350/ (IMDb.com) http://www.theluckycorner.com/rmt/115.html (Robert Demoss) "The Little Rascals: The Life And Times Of Our Gang" by Leonard Maltin & Richard W. Bann (book) This page was last updated on: 11 June 2014