Alfalfa thinks that his own aunt is plotting to murder him.Alfalfa thinks that his own aunt is plotting to murder him.Alfalfa thinks that his own aunt is plotting to murder him.
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Barbara Bedford
- Martha Switzer
- (uncredited)
Marie Blake
- Aunt Penelope
- (uncredited)
Gary Jasgur
- Slapsie
- (uncredited)
Leonard 'Percy' Landy
- Leonard
- (uncredited)
Eugene 'Porky' Lee
- Porky
- (uncredited)
George 'Spanky' McFarland
- Spanky
- (uncredited)
William Newell
- John Switzer
- (uncredited)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
- Alfalfa
- (uncredited)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
- Buckwheat
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaAlfalfa's Aunt Penelope is played by Marie Blake, aka Blossom Rock, who played Grandmama in the original The Addams Family (1964) TV series.
- Quotes
Aunt Penelope: [reads a page of her story to John] "Dear X, I have discovered that only my nephew stands between me and the Switzer millions. So like the others, he shall die in agony - tonight - at the stroke of nine!"
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Alfalfa's Aunt was a funny and atmospheric Our Gang short
This M-G-M comedy short, Alfalfa's Aunt, is the one hundred seventy-sixth entry in the "Our Gang" series and the eighty-eighth talkie. Penelope (Marie Blake) is the title character in this short. She's visiting the Switzer household to the consternation of the father who's not thrilled about her visit. She had previously been an aspiring sculptor that this dad had to pose half-naked for so that's one reason he doesn't like her. This time, though, she's practicing mystery writing using the actual family name in the manuscript. Alf inadvertently gets a hold of a page-written in the first person-that mentions the planned murder of the nephew and gets scared of his supposed favorite relative. So when he tells the rest of the gang, they do all what they can to rid the house of sharp and poisonous objects...This was one of the funniest of the early M-G-M entries of the Our Gang series with great atmospherics courtesy of director George Sidney and cinematographer Jackson Rose. And Ms. Blake is suitably eccentric enough in the title role. So on that note, I highly recommend Alfalfa's Aunt.
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- tavm
- Jan 12, 2015
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- Budget
- $17,972 (estimated)
- Runtime10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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