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The neighborhood bully, Tuffy, played by [[Johnny Downs]], is determined to lick every boy in the neighborhood. He beats up one boy, makes Jay and Jackie stand on their heads, and makes Bonedust and Scooter bark like a dog. Along comes Joe and Farina wearing bandages, and pretending to be too disabled to fight, but Tuffy beats them up anyway. Joe and Farina encourage the boys to band together and they then chase the bully off. The gang retires to their hideout and draw lots to decide who should finish the bully off. Joe and Farina draw the unlucky lots and go looking for the bully, but Peggy tells them that Tuffy has moved to Chicago. Joe and Farina return with the lie that they beat Tuffy up and threw him in the lake. |
The neighborhood bully, Tuffy, played by [[Johnny Downs]], is determined to lick every boy in the neighborhood. He beats up one boy, makes Jay, Shuckles and Jackie stand on their heads, and makes Bonedust and Scooter bark like a dog. Along comes Joe and Farina wearing bandages, and pretending to be too disabled to fight, but Tuffy beats them up anyway. Joe and Farina encourage the boys to band together and they then chase the bully off. The gang retires to their hideout and draw lots to decide who should finish the bully off. Joe and Farina draw the unlucky lots and go looking for the bully, but Peggy tells them that Tuffy has moved to Chicago. Joe and Farina return with the lie that they beat Tuffy up and threw him in the lake. |
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Revision as of 15:52, 3 November 2012
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| Directed by | Robert F. McGowan Robert A. McGowan |
| Written by | Hal Roach H. M. Walker |
| Produced by | Hal Roach F. Richard Jones |
| Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Telling Whoppers is a 1926 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan and Robert A. McGowan.[1][2] It was the 55th Our Gang short subject released.
Plot
The neighborhood bully, Tuffy, played by Johnny Downs, is determined to lick every boy in the neighborhood. He beats up one boy, makes Jay, Shuckles and Jackie stand on their heads, and makes Bonedust and Scooter bark like a dog. Along comes Joe and Farina wearing bandages, and pretending to be too disabled to fight, but Tuffy beats them up anyway. Joe and Farina encourage the boys to band together and they then chase the bully off. The gang retires to their hideout and draw lots to decide who should finish the bully off. Joe and Farina draw the unlucky lots and go looking for the bully, but Peggy tells them that Tuffy has moved to Chicago. Joe and Farina return with the lie that they beat Tuffy up and threw him in the lake.
Cast
- Joe Cobb - Joe
- Allen Hoskins - Farina
- Johnny Downs - Tuffy
- Jay R. Smith - Jay
- Jackie Condon - Jackie
- Clifton Young – Bonedust
- Scooter Lowry - Skooter
- Peggy Eames – Girl who lied
- Billy Naylor – Boy who hears Tuffy’s mother talking to the police
- Charles McAvoy - Officer
- Gene Morgan - Officer
- Dorothy Vernon - Tuffy's mother
- S. D. Wilcox - Officer
- Charley Young - Man near swimming hole
See also
References
- ^ "Silent Era: Telling Whoppers". silentera. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. "New York Times: Telling Whoppers". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
External links
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