Janet Burston

Janet Burston

Total Credits at Criticker: 13 (Actor)

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    Melodies Old and New
    Just as they did in Ye Olde Minstrels, the gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Uncle Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show. Highlights include the ensemble number "When Grandma Wore a Bustle", the barbershop-quartet set piece "Songs of Long Ago", and the grand finale "Dances Old and New". The kids are unable to post the profits because Mickey has allowed most of the audience to enter for free, but Uncle Wills comes to the rescue once again. (Wikipedia)
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    Surprised Parties
    In order to plan a surprise party for Froggy, the gang has to throw him out of the clubhouse. (imdb)
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    Doin\
    Doin' Their Bit (1942) - Short Film
    As part of their contribution to the war effort, the gang decides to stage a show for local servicemen. (imdb)
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    Rover\
    The car carrying a casting director for Mammoth Picture Studios has a flat tire next to a baseball field where the Our Gang are playing. Bill Patterson, the movie director notices Rover, the Gang's talented dog, as he watches the baseball game, (and his automobile flat tire is being replaced). The casting director invites the gang to bring their dog for a screen test. On the appointed day, the gang arrive at the studio with their high hopes staked upon Rover's success. (imdb)
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    Benjamin Franklin, Jr.
    The gang gripe about the inconveniences caused by wartime rationing. They find the insight they are seeking by putting on a show based upon Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. (imdb)
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    Family Troubles
    Family Troubles (1943) - Short Film
    Janet finds herself being treated unfairly by her family; her sister, Aurelia, receives all the attention, and she is constantly being scolded when she tries to obtain some attention. Despaired, she decides to run away from home. The gang call on an elderly couple (Tom and Mary Jones) to "adapt" Janet. To teach Janet a lesson, they agree to adopt her but make her life twice as miserable by making her scrub the floors. When Mrs. (imdb)
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    Calling All Kids
    The Our Gang kids salute the armed forces in a stage show. (imdb)
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    Election Daze
    Election Daze (1943) - Short Film
    As the incumbent for the presidency of the "One for All and All for One Club," Mickey is so certain he will win that he refuses to campaign. The situation changes radically when Mickey is challenged by political upstart Froggy, who gains popular support with a steady stream of empty promises. But both candidates are in for an unpleasant surprise when Janet Burston appears as a write-in. (Wikipedia)
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    Little Miss Pinkerton
    The Our Gang are trying to solve the Greenpoint Department Store's murder mystery contest, but they witness a real shooting and burglary instead. The crooks, fearful of witnesses, kidnap Froggy, Mickey, and Buckwheat, but Janet escapes and informs the police. But the police refuse to believe such a young girl. How will she save her friends? (imdb)
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    Three Smart Guys
    Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day. At the fishing hole, there are plenty of lunkers just waiting for the bait, but the boys have some comic trouble. After Buckwheat finds a new way to catch fish, an old man gives them a life lesson. Will they keep fishing or change their ways? (imdb)
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    Radio Bugs
    Radio Bugs (1944) - Short Film
    When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until. (imdb)
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    Tale of a Dog
    Tale of a Dog (1944) - Short Film
    When Big Shot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly named the canine, "Smallpox". When Froggy, Mickey, Janet all other Our Gang members first hear, they mistakenly think that Bigshot has given Buckwheat the disease of the same name. Froggy, Janet, and Mickey proceed to incite a panic in the town of Greenpoint by spreading rumors of a smallpox epidemic, causing everyone that hear them, as they are warning all others around them, to jump to a wrong conclusion. (imdb)
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    Dancing Romeo
    Dancing Romeo (1944) - Short Film
    Froggy has a crush on a young girl named Marilyn, who is too preoccupied with her budding career as a dancer to pay Froggy attention. When the gang attends one of Marilyn's recitals, Froggy finds himself insanely jealous of Marilyn's dancing partner Gerald, whom he sees as a rival for Marilyn's affections. A few days later, Froggy holds a dance recital of his own, hoping to impress Marilyn. (Wikipedia)
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