Moan & Groan, Inc.

1929
20m

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The gang ignores the warning of a local cop and goes exploring in a haunted house.The gang ignores the warning of a local cop and goes exploring in a haunted house.The gang ignores the warning of a local cop and goes exploring in a haunted house.

Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Robert A. McGowan
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6.1/10

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Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Robert A. McGowan
Stars

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Norman 'Chubby' Chaney

Chubby
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Jackie Cooper

Jackie
(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)

The Wonder Dog Pal

Pete
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Bobby Mallon

Bobby
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Betty Jane Beard

Farina's brother

Westcott Clarke

Police Seargent
(uncredited)

Max Davidson

The Lunatic
(uncredited)

Gertrude Howard

Farina's mother
(uncredited)

Edgar Kennedy

Kennedy the Cop
(uncredited)

Jay R. Smith

Kid with Japanese Handcuffs
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Robert A. McGowan
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Storyline

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Trivia
In a remarkable combination of racial stereotyping and interracial tolerance, Kennedy the Cop agrees to watch Farina's infant brother while the Gang go off hunting for buried treasure. In one scene, Kennedy is seen from the back apparently changing the baby's diaper. He picks up a bottle of talc and sprinkles some of the powder onto the fire hydrant next to him, noticing the powder is black. He looks at the bottle (seen in a close-up insert shot) which bears the label "Jewett Baby Talc (Flesh)", which sends the Cop into extended, good-natured laughter. A motherly black woman, also laughing at the scene, is standing nearby and comes over to Kennedy, engaging in a short, touching conversation about how she admires him for taking such an interest in the neighborhood children.

Quotes
[repeated line]
The lunatic: I know, but I won't tell ya!

Connections
Referenced in Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

Soundtracks
Runnin' Wild
(uncredited)
Music by A.H. Gibbs

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Featured review

7/10

Funny Gang film with guests Edgar Kennedy and Max Davidson

"Moan & Groan, Inc." is the first Gang film without veterans Joe Cobb, Harry Spear, and Jean Darling. Jackie Cooper makes his biggest appearance in the Gang to date to take up some of the slack from the departures, but he has not emerged as the leader of the Gang yet.

The Gang, against Kennedy the Cop's wishes, go digging for treasure in an old house. Unknown to them, a crazy man (played by Max Davidson) is living there and proceeds to playfully scare the kids. It's up to Kennedy the Cop, who's scared himself, to help rescue the kids.

A funny early talkie entry in the series. Screen veteran Edgar Kennedy makes his first appearance with the Gang as Kennedy the Cop. Another screen veteran, Max Davidson, makes the most of his only appearance with the Gang. Davidson had a series a few years earlier with Hal Roach, but with ethnic humor on the way out, his series was cancelled. A funny film throughout. 7 out of 10.