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
- Mickey Gubitosi as Mickey
- Billy Laughlin as Froggy
- George McFarland as Spanky
- Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
=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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External links
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- {{TCMDb title|401628|1-2-3 Go}}
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Category:1940s English-language films
Category:African-American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American comedy short films
Category:English-language comedy short films
Category:Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
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