Matthew Beard Movies

This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's...

Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.

The Gang plays hooky from school so they can listen to the tall tales of a friendly sea captain.

While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.

A behind the scenes look at Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, complete with interviews from several former cast and crew members of the series.

While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.

A greedy man tries to get rid of his mother by putting her in an old folks home until he discovers she has a fortune in stock certificates.

Tired of going to school, Breezy comes up with a plan to get himself expelled.

Wheezer pretends to be sick in order to get his parents to stop fighting.

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

The gang attends a radio station amateur show.

Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.

The gang decides to build their own fire engine.

Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.