The Spanking Age is a 1928 Our Gang short silent comedy film, the 80th in the series, directed by Robert F. McGowan. The film was considered lost until a copy surfaced in 1990. It was the first film in the series to be released with a synchronized orchestral musical score with sound effects.
Plot Mary Ann and Wheezer are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother and stepsister. The kids exact revenge by rigging a few clever contraptions of their own. The father sells a patent worth millions and leaves the stepmother and stepdaughter.
Cast
The Gang Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer Jean Darling as Jean, the stepsister Joe Cobb as Joe Allen Hoskins as Farina Harry Spear as Harry Pete the Pup as Petie
Additional cast Lyle Tayo as Stepmother
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