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Pete the Pup (original, 1924 – June 1930; second Pete, September 9, 1929 – January 28, 1946) was an American dog actor, who participated in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies (later known as The Little Rascals) during the 1930s, otherwise known as "Pete, the dog with the ring around his eye", or simply "Petey".
Our Gang (also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals) is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach , also the producer of the Laurel and Hardy films, Our Gang shorts were produced from 1922 to 1944, spanning the silent film and ...
Pups Is Pups was the first entry in the 1930–1931 season of shorts. It was the Our Gang debut for five-year-old Dorothy DeBorba, and for film score composer Leroy Shield.It is the first episode to feature the jazz-based background scoring that the Roach Studio comedies are known for.
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The first several minutes of Dogs is Dogs were edited out of the syndicated Little Rascals television package in 1971 because of the maltreatment of children being portrayed. Likewise, the scene with Stymie and Pete discussing food and some of the ham-and-egg routine were excised for racial stereotyping.
Brandon “Bug” Hall, who notably played Alfalfa Switzer in the 1994 classic comedy The Little Rascals, sparked outrage after calling his daughters “dishwashers”.
Jay R. Smith, the son of a labourer, was one of 5 siblings. His younger brother, Donnie "Beezer" Smith, appeared in the Our Gang short film Cat, Dog & Co.. [3] [4]According to an article in Variety in 1936, Smith was married to Gloria Narath, who provided the original voice of the Disney character Minnie Mouse, for Walt Disney Studios. [5]
Despite his efforts, several bad things still happened, from his star being hospitalized to his dog dying. "Things happen, and I was not gonna let things happen on my set, and also I needed it for ...