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| name = Football Romeo
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| name = Football Romeo
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| image = Our Gang Football Romeo 1938.jpg
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| caption =
| director = [[George Sidney]]
| director = [[George Sidney]]
| producer = [[Jack Chertok]] for [[MGM]]
| producer = [[Jack Chertok]] for [[MGM]]
| writer = [[Hal Law]]<br>[[Robert A. McGowan]]
| writer = [[Hal Law]]<br>[[Robert A. McGowan]]
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Carl Switzer]]<br/>[[George McFarland]]<br/>[[Tommy Bond]]<br/>[[Darla Hood]]<br/>[[Eugene Gordon Lee|Eugene Lee]]<br/>[[Billie Thomas]]
| starring =
| music =
| music = [[David Snell (composer)|David Snell]]
| cinematography = [[Clyde DeVinna]]
| cinematography = [[Clyde De Vinna]]
| editing = [[Jack White]]
| editing = [[Jack White (film producer)|Jack White]]
| distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| released = [[12 November]], [[1938]]
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| runtime = 10 minutes
| runtime = 10:25
| country = {{USA}}
| country = United States
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = English
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| preceded_by = ''[[Men In Fright]]''
| followed_by = ''[[Practical Jokers]]''
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'''''Football Romeo''''' is a [[1938 in film|1938]] ''[[Our Gang]]'' [[short subject|short]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[George Sidney]]. It was the 173rd ''[[Our Gang]]'' short (174th episode, 85th talking short, 86th talking episode, and fifth MGM produced episode) that was released.
'''''Football Romeo''''' is a 1938 ''[[Our Gang]]'' [[short subject|short]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[George Sidney]]. It was the 173rd ''Our Gang'' short to be released.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |page=224 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/224/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The gang squares off against "Butch's Assassins" in a crucial football game. Star player Carl Alfalfa balks at participating, leaving it up to Darla to coerce and cajole him into donning his uniform. The climax of the game finds Alfalfa attempting a sixty-yard touchdown, despite the formidable opposition of his lifelong rival Butch. <ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226188/Football-Romeo/overview |title=New York Times: Football ROmeo|accessdate=2008-10-08|work=NY Times}}</ref>
The gang squares off against Butch's Assassins in a crucial football game. Star player Alfalfa balks at participating, leaving it up to Darla to coerce and cajole him into donning his uniform. The climax of the game finds Alfalfa attempting a sixty-yard touchdown, despite the formidable opposition of his lifelong rival Butch.<ref name="NY Times">{{Cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226188/Football-Romeo/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520195240/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226188/Football-Romeo/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Football ROmeo|author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=2008-10-08}}</ref>

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==Notes==
Another episode, very similar to a [[Hal Roach]] film, Football Romeo benefited from the comedy expertise of uncredited script contributor Jack White, who directed many [[Three Stooges]] films over at [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226188/Football-Romeo/overview |title=New York Times: Football ROmeo|accessdate=2008-10-08|work=NY Times}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==

* [[Carl Switzer]] - Alfalfa
===The Gang===
* [[George McFarland]] - Spanky
* [[Tommy Bond]] - Butch
* [[Carl Switzer]] as Alfalfa
* [[Darla Hood]]
* [[Darla Hood]] as Darla
* [[Eugene Gordon Lee|Eugene Lee]] - Porky
* [[George McFarland]] as Spanky
* [[Sidney Kibrick]] - Woim
* [[Eugene Gordon Lee|Eugene Lee]] as Porky
* [[Billie Thomas]] - Buckwheat
* [[Billie Thomas]] as Buckwheat
* [[Gary Jasgur]] as Gary
* [[Leonard Landy]]
* [[Gary Jagsar]]
* [[Leonard Landy]] as Phooey

* [[Robert Winkler]]
===Additional cast===
* [[Joe Geil]] - Corky
* [[Janet Burston]]
* [[Tommy Bond]] as Butch
* [[Fred Walburn]] - Slicker
* [[Sidney Kibrick]] as The Woim
* [[Barbara Bedford]] - Darla's mother
* [[Barbara Bedford (actress)|Barbara Bedford]] as Alfalfa's mother

===Bit players and extras===
Becky Bohanon, Buddy Bowles, Floyd Fisher, Charline Flanders, Morris Grace Jr., Bruce Grant, Joe Levine, Roger McGee, Norman Salling, Corrine Varian, Robert Winkler

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==Notes==
''Football Romeo'' benefited from the comedy expertise of uncredited script contributor [[Jack White (film producer)|Jack White]], who directed many [[Three Stooges]] films at [[Columbia Pictures]] under the pseudonym "Preston Black".<ref name="NY Times"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Our Gang filmography|''Our Gang'' filmography]]
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* [[List of American films of 1938]]
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* [[Our Gang filmography]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}



==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0030146|title=Football Romeo}}
*{{IMDb title|0030146}}


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[[Category:Films directed by George Sidney]]
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Latest revision as of 13:10, 3 September 2024

Football Romeo
Directed byGeorge Sidney
Written byHal Law
Robert A. McGowan
Produced byJack Chertok for MGM
StarringCarl Switzer
George McFarland
Tommy Bond
Darla Hood
Eugene Lee
Billie Thomas
CinematographyClyde De Vinna
Edited byJack White
Music byDavid Snell
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 12 November 1938 (1938-11-12)
Running time
10:25
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Football Romeo is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by George Sidney. It was the 173rd Our Gang short to be released.[1]

Plot

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The gang squares off against Butch's Assassins in a crucial football game. Star player Alfalfa balks at participating, leaving it up to Darla to coerce and cajole him into donning his uniform. The climax of the game finds Alfalfa attempting a sixty-yard touchdown, despite the formidable opposition of his lifelong rival Butch.[2]

Cast

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The Gang

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Additional cast

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Bit players and extras

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Becky Bohanon, Buddy Bowles, Floyd Fisher, Charline Flanders, Morris Grace Jr., Bruce Grant, Joe Levine, Roger McGee, Norman Salling, Corrine Varian, Robert Winkler

Notes

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Football Romeo benefited from the comedy expertise of uncredited script contributor Jack White, who directed many Three Stooges films at Columbia Pictures under the pseudonym "Preston Black".[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-517-52675-0. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Football ROmeo". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
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