{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Divot Diggers | image = File:Divot Diggers lobby card.jpg
| caption =Lobby card | director = Robert F. McGowan | producer = Hal Roach | writer = | narrator = | starring = | music = Marvin Hatley<br>Leroy Shield | cinematography = Francis Corby | editing = Louis McManus | distributor = MGM | released = {{Film date|1936|02|08}} | runtime = 14' 22" | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Divot Diggers''''' is a 1936 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan; It was the 142nd ''Our Gang'' short to be released.<ref>{{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=185–187 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/184/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>
==Plot== The action takes place at an expansive California golf course, where the gang merrily play their own ragtag version of golf with makeshift clubs. When the course's regular caddies quit ''en masse'', the desperate caddy master hires the gang members as replacements. The kids—and their gibberish-spouting pet chimpanzee—proceed to drive an adult foursome crazy, then put the finishing touch on an imperfect day by accidentally commandeering a lawn-mowing tractor.
==Cast==
===The Gang=== * Darla Hood as Darla * Eugene Lee as Porky * George McFarland as Spanky * Carl Switzer as Alfalfa * Billie Thomas as Buckwheat * Patsy May as Baby Patsy * Harold Switzer as Harold * Pete The Pup as himself * Jiggs The Chimpanzee as Chimpanzee
===Additional cast=== * Leonard Kibrick as Caddy * Billy Bletcher as Bill, golfer * Tom Dugan as Aggravated golfer * Jack Hatfield as Mr. Hatfield, the caddy master * Thomas Pogue as Mr. Jackson, golfer * David Thursby as John, golfer * Russ Powell as Chimpanzee (voice) * Hubert Diltz as Tractor driver * Jack Hill as Golfer * Matty Roubert as Caddy
==Notes== *After several years away from the ''Our Gang'' series, longtime mentor Robert F. McGowan briefly resumed his directorial activities. *''Divot Diggers'' featured several new Leroy Shield musical compositions, including "Hot and Dry", "Standing on the Corner", "Beyond the Rainbow" and "Up in Room 4".<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/29642/Divot-Diggers/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520175230/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/29642/Divot-Diggers/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Divot Diggers |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=2008-09-20}}</ref> *Leonard Kibrick's final short was ''Divot Diggers'' save for ''The Lucky Corner'', which was shot in 1935.
==See also== * ''Our Gang'' filmography
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0027530}}
Category:1936 films Category:1936 comedy films Category:1936 short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan Category:American golf films Category:Hal Roach Studios short films Category:Our Gang films Category:1936 American films Category:Films scored by Marvin Hatley Category:Films scored by Leroy Shield Category:1936 English-language films
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