Billy Laughlin

Dancing Romeo (1944)

Réalisé par Cy Endfield
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Danse, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake, Janet Burston, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
Rôle Froggy
Note61%

Froggy has a crush on a young girl named Marilyn, who is too preoccupied with her budding career as a dancer to pay Froggy attention. When the gang attends one of Marilyn's recitals, Froggy finds himself insanely jealous of Marilyn's dancing partner Gerald, whom he sees as a rival for Marilyn's affections.

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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)

, 1h19
Réalisé par Joe May
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Guerre, Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Simone Simon, James Ellison, Minna Gombell, Chick Chandler, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Gladys Blake
Rôle Jerry Malone
Note56%

A young defense worker Kathie Aumont (Simone Simon) comes to Washington DC only to find that her friend Sally, with whom she was going to live, is newly married. This leaves Kathie with nowhere to sleep. Luckily she falls in love with a newly inducted Marine, who gives her the key to his apartment. Unluckily he's also given keys to all his friends.

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Radio Bugs (1944)

Réalisé par Cy Endfield
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake, Janet Burston, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Brandon Hurst, Morris Ankrum
Rôle Froggy
Note53%

Froggy and his parents enjoy a Red Skelton USO performance over the radio. Learning from his father that comedians make "a lot of money," Froggy decides that he and the gang should become radio comedians. They buy a joke book from a local used bookstore, and crash the lobby of a local dentists' office looking for a sponsor. The gang's horrible jokes and worse singing cause the waiting dental patients pain and distress, leading to their being thrown off the premises.

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Tale of a Dog (1944)

Réalisé par Cy Endfield
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Janet Burston, Emmett Vogan, Fern Emmett
Rôle Froggy Laughlin
Note62%

Buckwheat finds his friend Big Shot Jones moping about the train yard: it seems that Big Shot's father has ordered him to get rid of his dog. Instead of taking the dog to the pound, Big Shot intends to have him stow away on a train to Alabama. Buckwheat instead talks Big Shot into letting the gang adopt the dog, whom they name "Smallpox" (opting for a more unique name for the spotted dog than "Spot"). However, when Froggy, Mickey, and Janet overhear Buckwheat and Big Shot's plans to "surprise them with S/smallpox," they fear the worst and call all their friends and the Greenpoint Board of Health. A panic grips the small town, with the gang's parents worried about their whereabouts and well-being, and the rest of the neighborhood kids running away from Buckwheat and Big Shot wherever they turn up.

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Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (1943)

Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake, Janet Burston, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Barbara Bedford
Rôle Froggy
Note51%

The gang kids are upset that World War II is causing them deprivations and inconveniences. Organizing a fact-finding committee, Gang members Mickey, Froggy, Buckwheat, and Janet try to determine what to do about the present national crisis. With the help of a convenient copy of Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac, the kids stage a play in which they cathartically come to grips with the sacrifices indigenous to the war effort, and provide patriotic solutions to the situation.

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Calling All Kids (1943)

Réalisé par Sam Baerwitz
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Janet Burston, Eddie Anderson, Bobby Anderson
Rôle Froggy
Note58%

Another World War II MGM Our Gang mini-musical, Calling All Kids finds the gang invading a local radio station to perform a revue honoring the U.S. military. Amidst such highlights as a "recruiting office" sketch featuring the duo of Mickey and Froggy, and a closing ensemble piece with lyrics that rhyme "Taxes" with "Axis," the film features an extended celebrity-impression routine, with Buckwheat imitating Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and other kids posing as Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, Carmen Miranda, and Virginia O'Brien.

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Election Daze (1943)

Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Janet Burston, Bobby Anderson
Rôle Froggy
Note58%

As the incumbent for the presidency of the "One for All and All for One Club," Mickey is so certain he will win that he refuses to campaign. The situation changes radically when Mickey is challenged by political upstart Froggy, who gains popular support with a steady stream of empty promises. But both candidates are in for an unpleasant surprise when Janet Burston appears as a write-in.

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Family Troubles (1943)

, 11minutes
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Janet Burston, Billy Laughlin, Robert Blake, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Sarah Padden, Barbara Bedford
Rôle Froggy
Note52%

Janet feels that her parents don't love her anymore because they made her older sister the definite center of attention during her aunt's visit. Filled with anger and despair, she decides to run away. The gang volunteers to help Janet become "adapted" by another couple and choose elderly Mr. and Mrs. Jones as potential candidates. One boy overhears their plans and immediately confronts Janet's parents, who call the police.

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Farm Hands (1943)

Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Murray Alper
Rôle Froggy
Note52%

Moving out of their standard small-town surroundings, the gang visits the farm owned by Mickey's uncle. Here the youngsters attempt to milk a cow by placing two bottles under the udders and hoping that nature takes its course. If this weren't hilarious enough, the kids feed Mexican jumping beans to the chickens, are chased by an ornery mule, and end up stuck in a hay-baling machine.

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Little Miss Pinkerton (1943)

Origine Etats-Unis
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Janet Burston, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Rôle Froggy
Note58%

The janitor of the Greenpoint department store is murdered during a robbery, while Mickey, Froggy, Buckwheat, and Janet witness the crime. The thieves take the boys hostage, but Janet escapes and heads for the police. Alas, no grownup will believe her story, so Janet enlists the aid of the other gang members to rescue the boys and capture the crooks.

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Three Smart Guys (1943)

Réalisé par Edward L. Cahn
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Janet Burston, Edward Fielding
Rôle Billy 'Froggy'
Note41%

The "three smart guys" in this film are Mickey, Froggy, and Buckwheat. They devise a scheme to play hooky from school and go fishing. They misbehave in class in hopes that the teacher will expel them. But they are forced to stay after school instead. The next morning they decide to just play hooky and go fishing, but upon arriving at the river bank, the kids make the acquaintance of a friendly hobo (Edward Fielding), who advises them that they'll never hook the "fish" of success unless they return to school. Duly chastened, the boys rush off to the schoolhouse just in time for the first bell. All is forgiven.

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Doin' Their Bit (1942)

Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, George McFarland, Janet Burston, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
Rôle Froggy
Note51%

Hoping to entertain the military troops stationed in Greenpoint, Mr. Wills organizes the gang into a junior USO troupe. In addition to performing a "boot camp" sketch, the gang participates in a brace of production numbers.

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Don't Lie (1942)

Réalisé par Edward L. Cahn
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs George McFarland, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Blake, Emmett Vogan, Billy Curtis
Rôle Froggy
Note58%

Buckwheat's accurate report of a wandering monkey is ignored because of his past fibs, with resulting confusion.

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Going to Press (1942)

Réalisé par Edward L. Cahn
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs George McFarland, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Juanita Quigley, Darryl Hickman
Rôle Froggy
Note64%

Determined to uncover the identity of the mysterious leader of a juvenile extortion racket, the gang sets up a crusading newspaper called The Greenpoint Press. The kids gratefully accept the help of a pleasant, well-spoken youngster named Frank, little suspecting that he is the duplicitous boss of the dreaded Gas House Gang. Only after Frank's henchmen have taken Froggy for a "ride" (a harmless but painful one) are the kids able to expose the villain and save the day.

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