Helping Hands
Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.
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"This M-G-M comedy short, Helping Hands, is the two hundred second entry in the "Our Gang" series and the one hundred fourteenth talkie. Inspired by a letter from his older brother who's in service, Spanky decides to form his own military outfit complete with drills and marching. An officer sees this and convinces the gang to really support the war effort by doing scrap drives and other activities associated with the patriotic movement of the time. With the U.S. preparing to fight World War II, M-G-M used Our Gang to add to the propaganda they-and other studios-were intent to spr..."
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Two brothers of "Our Gang" members group are in Helping Hands (1941). A brother of Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, Mickey Laughlin and Robert Blake's brother, James Gubitosi.
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Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.