Rover's Big Chance (1942)
Our Gang's dog, Rover, gets to audition for a movie studio.
- Date of release
- 1942-08-22
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 11m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Herbert Glazer
- Collection
- Our Gang: The MGM talkies (1929-1938)
Casting
- George McFarland — Spanky
- Robert Blake — Mickey
- Billie Thomas — Buckwheat
- Billy Laughlin — Froggy
- Janet Burston — Janet
- Clyde Dembeck — Fatty
Interesting facts
Rover's Big Chance is a 1942 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Herbert Glazer. It was the 208th Our Gang short to be released.
Production notes
By the time of Rover's Big Chance, Mickey Gubitosi had legally changed his name to Robert "Bobby" Blake. He retained the name "Mickey" for the remainder of the series.
Rover's Big Chance was the second MGM Our Gang short to lose money upon its initial release, losing nearly $1,800 after post-production costs were calculated.
Future film star Stephen McNally appears in this Our Gang episode as Bill Patterson, ace director at Mammoth Studios.
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