Bear Facts (film)

{{short description|1938 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Bear Facts

| image = Bear facts TITLE.JPEG

| caption = Title card from the film

| director = Gordon Douglas

| producer = Hal Roach

| writer =

| starring =

| music = Leroy Shield
Marvin Hatley

| cinematography = Art Lloyd

| editing = William H. Ziegler

| distributor = MGM

| released = {{film date|1938|3|5}}

| runtime = 11 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Bear Facts is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/73840/Bear-Facts/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520180911/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/73840/Bear-Facts/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Bear Facts |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |access-date=September 21, 2008}} It was the 163rd 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=214–215 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/214/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}

Plot

In an effort to impress Darla (Darla Hood), Alfalfa (Carl Switzer) tells her that he is a famous bear trainer. Although he knows that Darla's father owns a circus, he does not know he owns a bear costume.

Cast

=The Gang=

=Additional cast=

  • Jack Pepper as Darla's father
  • Ed Brandenberg as Fifi
  • Jack Baxley as Expressman
  • Al Pilario as Expressman
  • Wilbur Pike as Bear
  • Cooper Smith as Bear

See also

References

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