1-2-3 Go

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{{Infobox film

| name = 1-2-3 Go

| image = Our Gang 123 Go 1941.jpg

| caption =

| director = Edward Cahn

| producer = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| writer = Hal Law
Robert A. McGowan

| narrator =

| starring = George McFarland
Billie Thomas
Mickey Gubitosi
Billy Laughlin

| music =

| cinematography = Jackson Rose

| editing = Leon Borgeau

| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1941|4|26}}

| runtime = {{duration | m=10 | s=21 }}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

1-2-3 Go is a 1941 Our Gang short comedy film. It was the 199th Our Gang short to be released.{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |pages=242–243 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/242/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}

It was directed by Edward Cahn, and starred George McFarland, Billie Thomas, Mickey Gubitosi, and Billy Laughlin.

Plot

While playing baseball on a busy street in Greenpoint, Mickey is struck by a car. Though he fully recovers from his injuries, Mickey meets several other kids in the hospital who were not so lucky.

Quickly developing a sense of civic responsibility, the Gang members establish the 1-2-3 Go Safety Society, dedicated to lowering the number of auto injuries in their community.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/144651/1-2-3-Go/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520203432/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/144651/1-2-3-Go/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: 1-2-3-Go|author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=2008-10-08}}

Cast

=Additional cast=

  • Vincent Graeff as Kid umpire
  • Giovanna Gubitosi as Kid eating ice cream
  • James Gubitosi as Kid giving up home run
  • Freddie Walburn as Kid retrieving home run from street
  • Barbara Bedford as Ann, a nurse
  • Margaret Bert as Nurse at reception desk
  • John Dilson as Mayor Of Greenpoint
  • Arthur Hoyt as Horace
  • May McAvoy as Miss Jones, a nurse
  • Anne O'Neil as Horace's wife
  • William Tannen as Cab driver
  • Joe Young as Man calling for ambulance

See also

References

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