Practical Effects
Real 1933 amusement park chaos — no safety regulations!
Acting
Spanky's side-eye could end careers.
Direction
McGowan wrangles actual children through a functioning carnival.
Director
Robert F. McGowan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed at the real Long Beach Pike amusement park, demolished in 1979. This short is basically archival footage with pratfalls.
Stymie Beard was the first Black Rascal with actual screen presence; Hal Roach paid him more than most adult Black actors of the era — progressive for 1933, complicated now.
US
