Robert F. McGowan
Director
Bargain Day...is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 106th Our Gang short that was released. Jackie notices that the Gang's baseball equipment is missing and discovers Wheezer and Stymie were peddling this, along... In this article: Jackie Cooper, Bargain Day, Our Gang, Skippy, Robert F. McGowan, and Bologna |
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Wikipedia | November 30, 2009
Robert F. McGowan
...kids were Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Mary Kornman, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, and George "Spanky" McFarland, whom McGowan declared a "natural". McGowan's daughter Jerry was an actress and dancer herself; she would often sit in on Our Gang story...
In this article: Our Gang, Hal Roach, California, Divot Diggers, Curley, Who Killed Doc Robbin, Shivering Shakespeare, Allen "Farina" Hoskins, and Matthew "Stymie" Beard
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Our Gang
...Mack, nephew of the series' main director back at Roach, Robert F. McGowan). Robert A. McGowan was credited for these shorts as "Robert McGowan"; as a result, moviegoers have been confused for decades about whether this Robert McGowan...
In this article: Our Gang, Hal Roach, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Little Rascals, King World, and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
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Spook Spoofing
...is a 1928 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 71st Our Gang short that was released. The gang mercilessly taunt and bully their superstitious friend, Farina , who retaliates with a magic charm on one...
In this article: Harry Spear, Spook Spoofing, and Our Gang
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June Marlowe
...make an easy transition, and by 1930 was starting to drift away from acting. By chance, she happened to meet Our Gang director Robert F. McGowan one day in a Los Angeles, California department store. McGowan was searching for an actress to...
In this article: June Marlowe, Our Gang, Parkinson's disease, Hal Roach, Jackie Cooper, Los Angeles, and Wampas Baby Stars
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Matthew Beard (American actor)
...would stay on until the series disbanded (Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas). The name "Stymie" was provided by Our Gang director Robert McGowan, who was always frustrated ("stymied") by little Matthew's curious wanderings around the studio; the...
In this article: Our Gang, Matthew Beard, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Trademark, The First Round-Up, Synanon, Heroin, Hal Roach, Dickie Moore, and Robert McGowan
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Our Gang (film)
Fred Newmeyer directed the original version of this short, shot in January 1922. After preview screenings, Roach brought in Robert F. McGowan and Tom McNamara to reshoot the film (following their work on two other Our Gangs, Fire Fighters...
In this article: Our Gang, Hal Roach, Fire Fighters, Young Sherlocks, Tom McNamara, Pathe, Charley Chase, Fred Newmeyer, and Little Rascals
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Little Daddy
...is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 105th (17th talking episode) Our Gang short that was released. Farina and Stymie are orphans and staying in a small flat near a black community church. The...
In this article: Our Gang, Little Daddy, and Castor oil
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Teacher's Pet (1930 film)
...and approval, ''His Rascals, in their latest Our Gang comedy entitled Teacher's Pet.'' first twin) Direction by Robert McGowan.... second twin) ...photography by Art Lloyd... first twin) ...edited by Richard Currier...
In this article: Teacher's Pet, Our Gang, Jackie Cooper, Ice cream, Hal Roach, Bored of Education, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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One Wild Ride
...is a 1925 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 45th Our Gang short subject released. It was remade as Free Wheeling in 1932. The gang has a taxi, consisting of an old Model T with no engine, pushed by a horse.
In this article: One Wild Ride, Free Wheeling, and Our Gang
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New York Times | November 10, 2008
New DVDs: It's Spanky and Gang: Hold on to Your Beanies
...exhausted by the stress of dealing with the dozens of child actors who passed through his care. But McGowan clearly had a profound rapport with children. He didn't work from scripts, but instead guided the kids through structured...
In this article: Our Gang, Hal Roach, Spanky, MGM, Irving Berlin, Warner Home Video, This Is the Army, and Luis Bunuel
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Robert Francis McGowan (July 11 1882 - January 27 1955) was an American film director and producer, best known as the senior director of the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1922 until 1933.
Before moving to Los Angeles, California, McGowan was a firefighter in his native Denver, Colorado. An on-the-job accident during a fire rescue mission left him with a permanent limp.
McGowan moved to California in the 1910s and made the acquaintance of Hal Roach, an aspiring film producer who opened his own studio in 1914. By 1920, McGowan was a director at the Roach studio, and in 1921 began work on the first entries in the Our Gang series.
The Our Gang series was at its most popular and successful under McGowan's direction; when he became ill in the late-1920s and had to turn over the director's chair to nephew Robert A. McGowan (Anthony Mack) for two years, the series faltered. McGowan was a natural with kids, and knew how to explain scenes and comic business to his young charges to elicit convicing performances out of them. His favorite Our Gang kids were Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Mary Kornman, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, and George "Spanky" McFarland, whom McGowan declared a "natural". McGowan's daughter Jerry was an actress and dancer herself; she would often sit in on Our Gang story meetings and appears onscreen in Shivering Shakespeare (1930), directed by her cousin Anthony Mack.
McGowan left Our Gang in 1933, after no longer able to bear the strain of dealing with stage mothers and the other hassles of directing child stars. He moved over to Paramount Pictures, returning for one last Our Gang short (Divot Diggers) in 1936 , and retired from directing in the 1940s. He died in Santa Monica, California on January 27 1955 at the age of 72.
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