The "Our Gang" films were short films made from 1922 to 1944. They were also known as the "Little Rascals." The 1934 film "Our Gang - Mama's Little Pirate" is about a group of children living in the Los Angeles area in the 1930's who get into all kinds of trouble. A local newspaper carries an article about pirate treasure being found in a cave and the gang decides to enter a local cave looking for treasure. They find a giant treasure chest and a giant pirate to go along with it. Children are shown handling prop coins of various types and sizes, some quite large.

The Metro Goldwyn Mayer logo appears along with the Roosevelt New Deal National Recovery Administration (NRA) "Blue Eagle" logo.

The title is "OUR GANG in Mama's Little Pirate." Spanky (George McFarland) is the main character and lives with his well-off parents in a nice house.

Spanky is at home eating breakfast with his parents and his father shows him a newspaper headline.

The headline reads "Bradley Times" and "Pirate's Treasure Discovered" Spanky fakes finishing his breakfast oatmeal and leaves to join the gang.

Spanky decides that they need a flashlight to explore the cave and goes home to get one. When he asks his mother for a flashlight and tells her that he intends to explore a cave, she sends him to his room. Spanky's spirit appears as a ghost.

The spirit questions Spanky's courage to disobey his mother and he gets some candles and joins the other kids.

The kids move along the cave and enter a room.

Stymie climbs up the lock and disengages it.

A large amount of jewelry and coins is released onto the kids.

The "coins" appear to be several inches across when compared to the children's heads.

This pirate has modern bank-issued money bags.

A little boy puts some coins into a bowl. The kids carry their goods into another room.

Spanky tells the others that he is sure that a midget doesn't live there. The kids spot more evidence of a giant.

Finally the Giant appears.

Compared to the kids he appears to be ten or twelve feet tall.

The Giant sees the kids and catches some of them.

This scene has an unpleasant implication. The Giant chases Spanky onto his bed.

The Giant begins pulling the sheet.

Spanky thinks of mother.

It was all a dream! Three other boys arrive outside Spanky's bedroom with lamps.

Spanky's wants nothing to do with cave exploration even as his spirit appears again.

Spanky kicks his spirit.

George McFarland as Spanky
Matthew Beard as Stymie
Scotty Beckett as Scotty
Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
Tex Madsen as Giant
Director: Gus Meins
Writers: None credited