Boxing Gloves is a 1929 Our Gang

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...

short

Short subject

A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Robert A. McGowan

Robert A. McGowan

Robert Anthony McGowan was an American screenwriter and film director.-Biography:Born in Denver, Colorado, McGowan is best known as a junior director for the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1926 to 1930, and as the co-writer of the series during the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer period from 1938 to...

 under the pseudonym "Anthony Mack". Produced by Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...

 and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...

 on September 9, 1929, it was the 90th Our Gang short to be released.

Plot

Joe's and Chubby's friendship is tested when their affections for Jean cause the two best friends to fight. At the same time, Farina and Harry have been unsuccessfully trying to go into business as fight promoters, and find in Joe's and Chubby's rivalry the ingredients for a perfect boxing match.

Cast

• Norman Chaney - Chubby
• Joe Cobb
  Joe Cobb
  Joe Frank Cobb was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929...
  
   - Joe
• Jean Darling
  Jean Darling
  Jean Darling is a former American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929. She remains the last surviving cast member from the silent era.-Career:...
  
   - Jean
• Allen Hoskins - Farina
• Bobby Hutchins - Wheezer
• Mary Ann Jackson
  Mary Ann Jackson
  Mary Ann Jackson was an American former child actress who appeared in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1928 to 1931. She was a native of Los Angeles, California.-Career:...
  
   - Mary Ann
• Harry Spear
  Harry Spear
  Harry Spear was a former American child actor, notable for appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929...
  
   - Harry
• Pete the Pup
  Pete the Pup
  Pete the Pup was a Pit Bull character in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies during the 1920s and 1930s...
  
   - Petie
• Jackie Cooper
  Jackie Cooper
  Jackie Cooper was an American actor, television director, producer and executive. He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination...
  
   - Kid at the fight
• Johnny Aber - Boy sitting to the right of the tomato thrower
• Bobby Mallon - Announcer Graham McCracker
• Billy Schuler - Extra
• Andy Shuford - Chubby's trainer
• Donnie Smith - Donnie - Boy who boxes with Wheezer
• Dannie Mac Grant (uncredited)
• Charlie Hall - Sidewalk diner attendant