The Spanking Age
# The Spanking Age

The Spanking Age is a 1928 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 80th Our Gang short that was released. The film was considered lost until a copy surfaced in 1990.

## Plot

Mary Ann and Wheezer are the children of a widowed inventor who are forced to endure the cruelties of their stepmother (Lyle Tayo) and stepsister. The kids get even by rigging a few clever contraptions of their own. In the end the father sells a patent worth millions and thereby leaves the stepmother and stepdaughter.

## Cast

### The Gang

* Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
* Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
* Jean Darling as Jean, the stepsister
* Joe Cobb as Joe
* Allen Hoskins as Farina
* Harry Spear as Harry
* Pete the Pup as Petie

### Additional cast

* Lyle Tayo as Stepmother
