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This is a pretty typical sort of Our Gang comedy, though it is important for two reasons. First, it's Stymie Beard's last appearance as a regular (he'd return one more time some time later). It's sad, as he was an enjoyable actor and was better at his role than most of the kids. Second, this is Dorothy Dandridge's first film--even though her appearance is very brief and only at the beginning. Still, these two reasons are enough reason to watch the short.

The kids' teacher announces that she is getting married. The kids mistakenly think this means she's leaving them--but she has every intention of returning. So, in a couple crazy schemes, the boys try to chase away her fiancé. The first one is pretty funny, as the kids try to pose as her OTHER boyfriend in order to break up the couple. Seeing the kids standing on each other's shoulders and dressed in a beard is pretty funny. Later, when this doesn't work, they try to convince the fiancé that she cannot cook--and the plan completely backfires.

The film has some nice moments. Apart from the one listed above, Pete has a good scene and the film is worth seeing.

This Hal Roach comedy short, Teacher's Beau, is the one hundred thirty-sixth in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series and the forty-eighth talkie. After The Cabin Kids-in a reprise from previous short Beginner's Luck-perform "Old McDonald Had a Farm", Miss Jones announces she's being "replaced" by Mrs. Wilson. The reason one of the words I've written is in quotes is because she's going to be the missus but that's not revealed until near the end of the short. So Spanky, Alfalfa, and the gang try to sabotage their upcoming nuptials any way they can including filling the food at the party with lots of spices! This was another funny Our Gang short with most of the laughs coming from Spanky and Alfalfa, in only his second appearance along with his brother Harold. This was also Stymie's last regular appearance in the series though he'd later appear in a reunion short later on. He only has one line here. Also worth noting, Dorothy Dandridge makes her film debut here though I didn't recognize her. So on that note, I recommend Teacher's Beau.

"Teacher's Beau" is a black-and-white short film from 1935, so this one is already over 80 years old. It is among the more known entries to the famous "Little Rascals" / "Our Gang" series, so like the others, this one here is already a sound film. It features several of the most known child actors from the 1930s, such as Stymie, Spanky, Alfalfa and Buckwheat. The story this time is once again about the kids' teacher, but not Mrs. Crabtree this time. Instead it is Miss Jones, played by Arletta Duncan who we see in one of her final career performances and her only short film work. The children try to keep her from getting married as the consequence would be them getting a new head teacher. This is maybe one of the more interesting aspects of this film. Marriage back then implied the woman would stay at home, at least for a while, and stop working in their original profession. But there aren't too many other interesting aspects. The comedy as many other times with the Rascals has not aged too well and at times it is pretty difficult to understand what the kids are talking about. The face expressions are still the best thing here, like the one scene when one kid tries to take something away, but keeps getting interrupted by one of the party guests. As a whole, this Gus Meins film did not convince me. I am glad it ended after 19 minutes, even if this is still relatively long for Rascals standards. Don't watch unless you really adore the series and I know many do. I am not one of them though.