Donald Haines

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came to work on Friday and is convinced he is going to get fired. (imdb)

An unusually sensitive evocation of the pain of youth and the senselessness of war. Frail Nemecsek, a lonely boy who yearns to belong, worships Boka, the self-sufficient, charismatic leader of a well-organized gang, decked out in uniforms and sporting their own flag. The perennial outsider sees his chance to win a respected place in Butler's army when their flag is stolen and war breaks out with another gang. (imdb)

A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents. (imdb)

Filled with stories of Aladdin's magic lamp, the gang starts rubbing every lamp in sight in hopes of finding the one with the magic which leads the gang to think they've found the magic lamp, and a helpful vaudeville magician augments the illusion. Spanky decides to wish that Stymie's little brother Cotton was a monkey, an escaped chimpanzee shows up and frightens Cotton. The gang believes the wish has come true and mayhem ensues as they try to keep the police from shooting the runaway simian. (imdb)

The kids help capture a family of thieves. (imdb)

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

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

Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl. (imdb)

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

When local authorities find out that Farina is Stymie's guardian, they try to take him away. The kids try to stop it. (imdb)

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. (imdb)

The kids mistake Miss Crabtree's brother for a potential boyfriend, and plot to discourage him. (imdb)

Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann. (imdb)

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher. (imdb)

Two partners in a clothing store decide they want to become radio performers. (imdb)

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis? (1924). Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences. (imdb)

Eddie wears a leg brace and his mother will not let him play like the other boys. His hope is that a German doctor will be able to operate and fix his leg. When his cousin Froggie comes to live with his family, he is nice to Mr. and Mrs. Randall, but mean to Eddie. Uncle Jonas sees what is happening, but Eddie's parents do not believe him as Froggie seems so nice.

Uncle comes on a visit.