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Football Romeo
Football Romeo
Directed by	George Sidney
Written by	Hal Law; Robert A. McGowan
Produced by	Jack Chertok for MGM
Starring	Carl Switzer; George McFarland; Tommy Bond; Darla Hood; Eugene Lee; Billie Thomas
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Edited by	Jack White
Music by	David Snell
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	12 November 1938;
Running time	10:25
Country	United States
Language	English

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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

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

The Gang

Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
Darla Hood as Darla
George McFarland as Spanky
Eugene Lee as Porky
Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
Gary Jasgur as Gary
Leonard Landy as Phooey

Additional cast

Tommy Bond as Butch
Sidney Kibrick as The Woim
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

Notes

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]

References

^ 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.
^ ^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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[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.

[NY_Times-2] 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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-'''''Football Romeo''''' is a 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==
-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>
 ==Cast==
+===The Gang===
 * [[Carl Switzer]] as Alfalfa
-* [[George McFarland]] as Spanky
-* [[Tommy Bond]] as Butch
 * [[Darla Hood]] as Darla
+* [[George McFarland]] as Spanky
 * [[Eugene Gordon Lee|Eugene Lee]] as Porky
 * [[Billie Thomas]] as Buckwheat
-* [[Sidney Kibrick]] as The Woim
+* [[Gary Jasgur]] as Gary
 * [[Leonard Landy]] as Phooey
-* [[Gary Jagsar]] as Gary
+===Additional cast===
-* [[Robert Winkler]] as Bit part
-* [[Joe Geil]] as Referee
+* [[Tommy Bond]] as Butch
+* [[Sidney Kibrick]] as The Woim
 * [[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
 ==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 for at [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref name="NY Times"/>
+''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==
-* [[Our Gang filmography]]
+* [[Our Gang filmography|''Our Gang'' filmography]]
 ==References==
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+*{{IMDb title|0030146}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2010}}
 [[Category:1938 films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
-[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by George Sidney]]
 [[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films]]
-[[Category:1930s comedy films]]
+[[Category:1938 comedy films]]
 [[Category:Our Gang films]]
+[[Category:1938 short films]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]
+[[Category:Films scored by David L. Snell]]
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+{{short-comedy-film-stub}}