Beginner's Luck (1935 ) Clip - Alfalfa's Debut

Presented here is a restored clip of the 47th Our Gang sound short BEGINNER'S LUCK (1935) which is part of The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 and streets on April 5th.

[vvictory]

Awesome ! For those that don't know the boy the playing guitar with Alfalfa (Carl Switzer) is Alfalfa's real life brother, Harold Switzer.

[lsaacvillanueva]

I must admit that a few tears came to my eyes. Keep up the good work, these restorations are impeccable.

[specterman]

0:58 There have been many Little Rascals since 1922 but these two were the ones everyone remember's the most!

[upmysuccesss]

Oh Carl, watching this now kinda brings me to tears knowing how the rest of your life played out for you. Feel like you deserved so much more time here than 31 years. Hope the afterlife’s been good to you. RIP

[erikas.]

This is Alfalfa's first appearance on screen and yes that is his older brother Harold. They were both musically talented, they played multiple instruments and sang well. Alfalfa had to pretend to sing badly for comedy effect. That actually takes a lot of good acting by a small child to sing badly when you can actually sing really well. He was a real star who burned brightly, unfortunately his star burned out too quickly. See you in paradise cousins, love you!

[movieedge]

I have not seen this short in years 👍🏻

[pangeo]

This show was a 100 YEARS AHEAD.The performances of all kids are the best ever.👍🎥🎬👌

[mrmucro]

Carl Switzer was so cute. I do not like to believe that he was actually a bully.

[davidwilson]

I just started reading the book about Carl Switzer

[TheresaPowers]

Sad thing is that Alfalfa death was homicide.