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Auction History Result 3y1287 BEGINNER'S LUCK 8.25x10 still 1935 Spanky with Alfalfa & his brother, Arizona Nightingales! Date Sold 3/14/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8 1/4" x 10" [21 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Beginner's Luck, the 1935 Gun Meins Our Gang juvenile comedy short (produced by Hal Roach) starring Spanky McFarland, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett (best remembered for playing the young Al Jolson in "The Jolson Story"), Eileen Bernstein, Marianne Edwards, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas, James Morton, Alfalfa Switzer, and Harold Switzer (billed as the "Arizona Nightingales", both in their first movie). Note that this was Alfalfa's very first movie! He appeared with his older brother Harold as a pair of cowboy singers called "The Arizona Nightingales". Of course, Alfalfa would go on to great success with the Our Gang films, but brother Harold only appeared in a total of 33 movies between 1935 and 1940, many of them Our Gang movies (as an unbilled member of the gang). His bad luck followed him through his life. In 1967, he was the owner/operator of a laundromat, and he got in a dispute with a man, and he killed the man and then killed himself. He was just 42 years old. Eight years earlier, brother Carl had a similar sad life. He had many problems, and died at the age of 31. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that movie paper on this short (with the very first appearance of Alfalfa) is incredibly rare. We have only once auctioned four stills from this short, and one of those four has now been reconsigned to us, so it is still only one of four items we have ever auctioned! Condition: very good. There are small creases and tiny tears in the middle of the right border. Otherwise, the still is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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