Curley (film)
1947 film by Bernard Carr / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Curley is a 1947 American comedy film produced by Hal Roach and Robert F. McGowan as a re-imagining of their Our Gang series. The film was one of Roach's "streamlined" features of the 1940s, running 53 minutes and was designed as a b-movie. Like most of Roach's latter-day output, Curley was shot in Cinecolor.
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Directed by | Bernard Carr |
Written by | Robert F. McGowan (story) Dorothy Reid Mary McCarthy |
Produced by | Hal Roach Robert F. McGowan |
Starring | Larry Olsen Frances Rafferty Billy Gray Renee Beard |
Cinematography | John W. Boyle |
Edited by | Bert Jordan |
Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 53 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Bernard Carr was the film's director, and the film released to theatres on August 23, 1947, by United Artists. It stars Larry Olsen, Frances Rafferty, Billy Gray, and Renee Beard, younger brother of original Our Gang cast member Matthew "Stymie" Beard. The plot of the film centers on a group of schoolchildren, led by Curley (Olsen), playing pranks on their teacher, Miss Johnson (Rafferty).