{{short description|1930 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The First Seven Years | image = The First Seven Years (1930) title card.jpg | caption = Title card | director = Robert F. McGowan | producer = Robert F. McGowan<br>Hal Roach | writer = Anthony Mack | narrator = | starring = Jackie Cooper<br>Mary Ann Jackson<br>Donald Haines<br>Bobby Hutchins<br>Allen Hoskins<br>Norman Chaney<br>Pete the Pup | music = Ray Henderson | cinematography = Art Lloyd | editing = Richard C. Currier | studio = Hal Roach Studios | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1930|03|01}} | runtime = 19:57<ref>[http://theluckycorner.com/vc/cf.html#part%2021 theluckycorner.com/]</ref> | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''The First Seven Years''''' is a 1930 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film, the 96th in the series, directed by Robert F. McGowan.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225648/The-First-Seven-Years/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520165526/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225648/The-First-Seven-Years/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |title=New York Times: The First Seven Years | first=Caryn | last=James |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 | accessdate=May 25, 2010}}</ref><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=110–111 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/110/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>
==Plot== thumb|thumbtime=10|''The First Seven Years'' (1930) Jackie and Speck are both in love with Mary Ann, but she is not interested in any boys. However, after battering Jackie, she suggests that Jackie and Speck fight in a duel for her affection. Jackie and Speck fight with real swords that have been used to damage a tire and shred clothing. They drop their swords and fight with their fists. Jackie wins, but Speck's father holds Jackie down while Speck strikes Jackie until Jackie's elderly grandmother intervenes and knocks Speck and his dad unconscious, with the gang cheering.
==Cast== ===The Gang=== * Jackie Cooper as Jackie * Norman Chaney as Chubby * Allen Hoskins as Farina * Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer * Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann * Donald Haines as Speck * Pete the Pup as Himself
===Additional cast=== * Otto Fries as Speck's father * Edgar Kennedy as Kennedy the Cop * Emma Reed as Farina's mother * Joy Winthrop as Granny
==See also== * ''Our Gang'' filmography
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0020887|title=The First Seven Years}} *{{Internet Archive short film|id=HalRoachsLittleRascalsTheFirstSevenYears|name=The First Seven Years}}
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