Bear Shooters

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Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Jackie Cooper, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins, Mary Ann Jackson, Leon Janney, and Pete the Dog in Bear Shooters (1930)

While on a camping trip, the gang comes across poachers.While on a camping trip, the gang comes across poachers.While on a camping trip, the gang comes across poachers.

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6.2/10

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Norman 'Chubby' Chaney

Chubby
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Jackie Cooper

Jackie
(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Farina

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Wheezer

Mary Ann Jackson

Mary Ann

Pete the Dog

Pete

Leon Janney

Donald 'Spud'

Dinah

Mule
(uncredited)

Charles Gemora

Gorilla
(uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Charlie
(uncredited)

Fay Holderness

Spud's Mother
(uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Bob
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert F. McGowan
Writer
- H.M. Walker
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Bear Shooters (1930)

*** (out of 4)

The gang decides to go campy and once out there they run into a crazed gorilla who they mistake for a bear. What the gang doesn't know is that they're camping on a criminal's hideout. This is certainly one of the better films from this early period and one that thankfully added a music score to help move things along. There are countless funny scenes here with all the children really getting to shine at one point or another. Perhaps I'm just a sucker for movies with gorillas as I've yet to figure out why so many older films featured them but I thought the ending had some hilarious moments. When the kids capture the "bear" and start shooting him with everything they can get their hands on, this comes off very funny. Another great gag is Chubby and his limburger cheese that he greases Wheezer with. Farina also has a nice little scene where he's fishing and Pete might steal the show with his reaction to the cheese.

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Trivia
Charles Gemora, despite the cumbersome gorilla suit that he had designed for himself, is remarkably agile and convincing. His comic performance might be considered a predecessor to the even more realistic proto humans in the opening scenes of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) which set the benchmark for miming ape behavior.

Goofs
Spud's declaration, "Kids or no kids, grease or no grease, I'm going camping!" is dubbed over a scene shot at silent speed..

Quotes
Farina: C'mon! Get your mule. Let's get going!
Donald 'Spud': I guess I can't go.
Farina: How come?
Donald 'Spud': I gotta stay home and grease Wheezer!