A Tough Winter
About A Tough Winter
The gang comes to Wheezer and Mary Ann's house for a taffy pull, spoils the recipe, and covers the place in the mess. They try to clean it and call in Stepin Fetchit. He crosses the wires with the plumbing and the gas. Bulbs pop, water sprays from the gas heaters, the telephone works as a vacuum, and music comes out of the icebox.
Cast & crew
More about A Tough Winter
Robert F. McGowan directed Our Gang number 99 and produced it with Hal Roach. It opened on 21 June 1930. A timing is 20 minutes 22 seconds. Art Lloyd photographed it. It is the last Our Gang short scored with an orchestra and the last to use "That Old Gang of Mine" over the credits. It is the first to use Leroy Shield's jazz pieces. Ray Henderson is the Wikidata composer credit.
Themes
Look
Art Lloyd was the cinematographer.
Music
An orchestra score, with "That Old Gang of Mine" on the credits. Leroy Shield's jazz cues, used on later Our Gang shorts, start here. Wikidata also names Ray Henderson.
Notes
- Norman Chaney is Chubby, Jackie Cooper is Jackie, Allen Hoskins is Farina, Bobby Hutchins is Wheezer, and Mary Ann Jackson is Mary Ann.
- Pete the Pup and Dinah the Mule are in it. The first Pete was poisoned after this short.
- Beverly Parrish, Warner Weidler, and Wolfgang Weidler are also in the gang. Lyle Tayo plays Miss Radio.
Scenes
- The taffy pull goes wrong and sticks the kitchen in a mess.
- After the lines are crossed, music plays out of the icebox and the telephone sucks like a vacuum.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (A Tough Winter (1930).webm)
