Mary and Wheezer live with a malicious step mother. One day, when she is out, they decide to throw a party for the Gang.Mary and Wheezer live with a malicious step mother. One day, when she is out, they decide to throw a party for the Gang.Mary and Wheezer live with a malicious step mother. One day, when she is out, they decide to throw a party for the Gang.
Jean Darling
- Jean
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
- Farina
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
- Wheezer
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Mary Ann Jackson
- Mary Ann
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Harry Spear
- Harry
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
The Wonder Dog Pal
- Pete
- (as Hal Roach's Rascals)
Paralee Coleman
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAll the adults in the film are shown from the waist down; their faces never appear onscreen.
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Some topics just can't be funny...domestic violence is one of them.
"The Spanking Age" is a re-working of "Cinderella"...with quite a few changes. One of the changes for the worse is that they made the step-mother a physically abusive monster. She spanks her step-kids, Mary Ann and Wheezer, for no reason AND she beats the stuffing out of her husband (he was a widower)! She clearly is a monster. While everything works out in the end, I really think having her be so violent was a big mistake as domestic violence isn't exactly comedy gold!
In the story, Mary Ann and Wheezer are being bad....but as the intertitle says, they'll get hit either way...so why not be bad?! At the same time, their step-mother has a horrid little girl who is doted upon and who is incredibly spoiled. After this brat goes off to a party...leaving the other two at home, Mary Ann decides to throw her own party and she spends much of the short film making food for the party. Now considering she's 6 years-old, you can expect the food to be god-awful...and it is. Is there any reprieve for these kids from the terrible step-mom? Watch it and seen.
While everything worked out fine in the end, this is a rather dark short and as a result, it's not one I recommend except to the most ardent fans of the series.
In the story, Mary Ann and Wheezer are being bad....but as the intertitle says, they'll get hit either way...so why not be bad?! At the same time, their step-mother has a horrid little girl who is doted upon and who is incredibly spoiled. After this brat goes off to a party...leaving the other two at home, Mary Ann decides to throw her own party and she spends much of the short film making food for the party. Now considering she's 6 years-old, you can expect the food to be god-awful...and it is. Is there any reprieve for these kids from the terrible step-mom? Watch it and seen.
While everything worked out fine in the end, this is a rather dark short and as a result, it's not one I recommend except to the most ardent fans of the series.
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- planktonrules
- Sep 4, 2021
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- Runtime20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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