Gallery - THE STOLEN JOOLS
In 1931, members of Our Gang, along with many other Hollywood stars,
participated in a charity short titled The Stolen Jools
(aka The Slippery Pearls)
for the
National Variety Artists' Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Our
Gang is in the film for approximately half a minute. As they
sit
on the steps eating ice cream in front of Norma Shearer's house, a
woman attempts to chase them away, only to get a collective rasberry
for her
effort. When the Gang spots "the cops" (Eddie Kane, being
given a
ride by Laurel and Hardy), the Gang runs away.
The Stolen Jools
was released in
April of 1931 and is the
last released film featuring this particular configuration of the
Gang. Only Stymie, Wheezer and Dorothy (and of course, Petey)
would remain when Our Gang returned in August of that same year with
the film Big Ears.
What follows is a
small gallery of the Gang from The
Stolen Jools. In case you are wondering why Mary
Ann
Jackson does not get her own picture, it's not our fault - she didn't
get a closeup in the film.
 Front Row: Pete The Pup, Wheezer |
 Allen "Farina" Hoskins |
 Matthew "Stymie" Beard |
 Norman "Chubby" Chaney |
 Shirley Jean Rickert, Dorothy DeBorba |
 Pete the Pup, Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins |
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