The Spanking Age

The Spanking Age is a 1928 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 80th Our Gang short to be released. The film was considered lost until a copy surfaced in 1990.

Plot
Mary Ann and Wheezer are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother (Lyle Tayo) and stepsister. The kids get even by rigging a few clever contraptions of their own. In the end the father sells a patent worth millions and thereby leaves the stepmother and stepdaughter.

The Gang

 * Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
 * Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
 * Jean Darling as Jean, the stepsister
 * Joe Cobb as Joe
 * Allen Hoskins as Farina
 * Harry Spear as Harry
 * Pete the Pup as Petie

Additional cast

 * Lyle Tayo as Stepmother