When the Wind Blows
About When the Wind Blows
On a windy night Jackie Cooper is spanked for unfinished homework and throws his schoolbook out the window. From bed he hears his parents speak well of him, climbs out to fetch the book, and finds the window locked. His noise is taken for a burglar. He startles Farina, breaks Chubby's window, is shoved back out by Pete the Pup, and is sent away by Mary Ann. Falling from her window, he lands on a real burglar and knocks him out.
Cast & crew
More about When the Wind Blows
James W. Horne directed the 97th Our Gang short from a script by Robert A. McGowan. Robert F. McGowan and Hal Roach produced it. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer distributed it.
Themes
Look
Art Lloyd photographed the nighttime chase from house to house.
Music
Ray Henderson is credited with the music.
Notes
- Jackie Cooper, Allen Hoskins (Farina), Norman Chaney (Chubby), Bobby Hutchins (Wheezer), Mary Ann Jackson, and Pete the Pup are in the gang.
- A man tells Kennedy the Cop that the night is a good one for a murder, and Farina is left minding his baby brother in a drafty house.
- Farina's scenes were cut from the 1970 Little Rascals television package and put back when AMC showed the short.
- A timed print runs 19 minutes 35 seconds.
Scenes
- Jackie falls from Mary Ann's window onto a burglar and knocks him cold.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (When the Wind Blows (1930).webm)
