The first MGM-produced Our Gang comedy. Producer Hal Roach sold the Our Gang unit to MGM in May of 1938, after production finished on Hide and Shriek (1938). Since this is the first of the 52 MGM-produced Our Gang shorts here are some titbits: MGM generally allotted a 4-6 day shooting schedule (on rare occasions this would stretch to but never exceed 10 days). The negative production costs would run about $3400 a day, although they would occasionally creep up closer to $5000 a day. MGM, bec ...[Read Story ]