When the Wind Blows (1930 film)

When the Wind Blows is a 1930 Our Gang short comedy film directed by James W. Horne. It was the 97th Our Gang short to be released.

Plot
It is a windy spring night. A man tells Kennedy the cop that it is a fine night for a murder. Farina is frightened, but his mother still has to do laundry, so he is left at home to mind his baby brother in a ramshackle house with windows so weak that the wind blows through. A few doors down, Jackie is spanked by his father for refusing to do his homework; his little brother Wheezer is laughing at him. After being spanked, Jackie throws his school book out the window.

Later, after he goes to bed, he overhears his parents saying what a great kid he is and how they want him to grow up and be successful. Jackie, touched by this sentiment, climbs out the window to retrieve his book. He tries to get back in but cannot open the window. As he is trying to get back in, he makes all sorts of noises, causing his parents to call for the police. Jackie runs to Farina's house, but he causes Farina more fear when he tries to get in the door. Jackie gets in, but Farina is so frightened that he is hiding, so Jackie leaves and heads to Chubby's house. Jackie tries to wake up Chubby by throwing something at his window, but he breaks the window, waking up Chubby and his parents. Jackie goes home and manages to get into Wheezer's room through another window, but Wheezer's dog, Pete, pushes Jackie back out again. Mary Ann next door also wakes up. Jackie manages to get into Mary Ann's room, but she throws him out as well. As he falls out of Mary Ann's window, he lands on a real burglar, knocking him out. Jackie is then considered a hero.

The Gang

 * Norman Chaney as Chubby
 * Jackie Cooper as Jackie
 * Allen Hoskins as Farina
 * Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
 * Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
 * Pete the Pup as Himself

Additional cast

 * Betty Jane Beard - Hector
 * Chet Brandenburg - Flustered man
 * Mary Gordon - Chubby's mother
 * Edgar Kennedy - Kennedy the Cop
 * Charles McAvoy - Henry, Jackie's dad
 * Emma Reed - Farina's mother
 * Julian Rivero - Henry, Jackie's dad (Spanish language version)