Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.
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Darla Hood
- Darla
- (as Our Gang)
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
- Porky
- (as Our Gang)
George 'Spanky' McFarland
- Spanky
- (as Our Gang)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
- Alfalfa Switzer
- (as Our Gang)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
- Buckwheat
- (as Our Gang)
Barbara Bedford
- Alfalfa's Mother
- (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
- The Judge
- (uncredited)
Jerry Maren
- Light Fingered Lester
- (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
- Officer Clancy
- (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
- Officer O'Brien
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- Trivia"Light Fingered Lester" is portrayed by 19-year-old Jerry Maren, having made this before he appeared as one of the Lemon Drop Guild members in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Featured review
Lesser Our Gang Short
Tiny Troubles (1939)
** (out of 4)
Another mildly entertaining but overall weak Our Gang short from MGM. This time out Alfalfa is forced to watch his baby brother who he can't stand because he's always crying all night and keeping Alfalfa up. He decides to trade the baby in for another and he thinks he's found the perfect baby but it's actually a midget criminal who poses as a baby. Yes, you can say this is a re-working of the Lon Chaney silent and sound film THE UNHOLY THREE but this here isn't nearly as clever. Throughout the short 9-minute running time I'd say there was probably just one decent laugh and the rest of the film just seemed lacking humor or anything special for that matter. The majority of the film has the gang chasing around the "baby" who they catch doing several things a real baby shouldn't and that includes smoking and drinking beer. I'm going to guess that the writers thought seeing a fake baby drink beer would be funny but it certainly wasn't. There's really not any good jokes in the film and for the most part the entire structure is just poorly set up and the film just keeps moving along without anywhere to really go. Fans of Our Gang will probably still want to check it out but others should just stay clear.
** (out of 4)
Another mildly entertaining but overall weak Our Gang short from MGM. This time out Alfalfa is forced to watch his baby brother who he can't stand because he's always crying all night and keeping Alfalfa up. He decides to trade the baby in for another and he thinks he's found the perfect baby but it's actually a midget criminal who poses as a baby. Yes, you can say this is a re-working of the Lon Chaney silent and sound film THE UNHOLY THREE but this here isn't nearly as clever. Throughout the short 9-minute running time I'd say there was probably just one decent laugh and the rest of the film just seemed lacking humor or anything special for that matter. The majority of the film has the gang chasing around the "baby" who they catch doing several things a real baby shouldn't and that includes smoking and drinking beer. I'm going to guess that the writers thought seeing a fake baby drink beer would be funny but it certainly wasn't. There's really not any good jokes in the film and for the most part the entire structure is just poorly set up and the film just keeps moving along without anywhere to really go. Fans of Our Gang will probably still want to check it out but others should just stay clear.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 7, 2013
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- Budget
- $17,790 (estimated)
- Runtime10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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