# Moan and Groan, Inc.

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***Moan and Groan, Inc.*** is a 1929 *[Our Gang](/source/Our_Gang)* short [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film), the 94th in the series, directed by [Robert F. McGowan](/source/Robert_F._McGowan).[2][3]

## Plot

Friendly neighborhood policeman Kennedy the Cop suggests that the kids dig for buried treasure, and they do so in the basement of an old abandoned house, which is inhabited by a homeless lunatic who takes giddy delight in scaring the children, particularly Farina. Kennedy eventually arrives at the house to save the kids and apprehend the lunatic.

## Notes

*Moan and Groan, Inc.* features a short appearance by former *Our Gang* kid [Jay R. Smith](/source/Jay_R._Smith), his only appearance in a sound *Our Gang* short and his final appearance in the series.

Because of its reliance upon supposed Irish American, Jewish American and African American stereotypes, *Moan and Groan, Inc.* was deleted from [King World](/source/King_World)'s *Little Rascals* television package in 1971.

## Cast

### The Gang

- [Norman Chaney](/source/Norman_Chaney) as Chubby
- [Jackie Cooper](/source/Jackie_Cooper) as Jackie
- [Allen Hoskins](/source/Allen_Hoskins) as Farina
- [Bobby Hutchins](/source/Bobby_Hutchins) as Wheezer
- [Mary Ann Jackson](/source/Mary_Ann_Jackson) as Mary Ann
- [Bobby Mallon](/source/Bobby_Mallon) as Bobby
- [Pete the Pup](/source/Pete_the_Pup) as Himself

### Additional cast

- Betty Jane Beard as Trellis, Farina's baby brother
- [Jay R. Smith](/source/Jay_R._Smith) as Kid with Japanese handcuffs
- [Max Davidson](/source/Max_Davidson) as The Lunatic
- [Edgar Kennedy](/source/Edgar_Kennedy) as Kennedy the Cop

## See also

- [*Our Gang* filmography](/source/Our_Gang_filmography)

## References

1. [theluckycorner.com/](http://theluckycorner.com/vc/cf.html#part%2021)

1. ["Silent Era: Moan and Groan, Inc."](http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MoanandGroanInc1929.html). *silentera*. Retrieved September 16, 2008.

1. Hal Erickson (2011). ["New York Times: Moan and Groan, Inc."](https://web.archive.org/web/20110520165052/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225646/Moan-Groan-Inc-/overview). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Archived from [the original](https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225646/Moan-Groan-Inc-/overview) on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2008.

## External links

- [Moan and Groan, Inc.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020179/) at IMDb

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