Helping Grandma
Helping Grandma is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 103rd 15th talking episode Our Gang short that was released.
The gang thinks both parties want to practically steal the store away from her. The swindler stops in and tries talking Grandma into selling her store immediately for very little money. She balks and then goes downtown to run some errands leaving the gang in charge. Among her instructions is to tell anyone who calls on the telephone to call back later. Chain store officials then stop by and the gang tries to scare them away from buying the store. They leave as well.Meanwhile Wheezer and Dorothy tease Stymie and do not let him have any candy. When he tries to con them into giving him some, they have Stymie sampling dog food, oil, lard, lux, gasoline, and fertilizer. Dorothy is doling out candy to Wheezer when the phone rings. Its the chain store representatives, who want to increase their offer. Wheezer picks up the receiver but does not speak to the representatives, because he is distracted by Dorothy. Thinking shes not giving him enough candy and therefore not hearing their offer, Wheezer shouts at Dorothy Taint enough, then into the phone, Call later The chain store reps think that Taint enough was also meant for them and they decide to call back. This gag takes place repeatedly through the scene. Grandma returns along with the swindler who is in a rush to get her to sign away her store. She assumes she has signed the store away and tells the children that she just sold the store. The man then calls the kids hoodlums and tells them the store is his and he is the boss and they must leave. Grandma refuses to let him throw them out. Then the chain store officials arrive and the swindler states that the store now belong to him. He shows them the paper she signed and it was blank the real bill of sale was not signed. Grandma also learns that the swindler pretended to be Grandma over the phone and told the officials she did not want to sell the place. The officials, repeating their phone bid, also say they will offer Grandma three times more than the original price agr
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