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A Star "Pick A Star" and images © MGM/UA Home Video 4alfalfa.com has a problem. According to several film information sources, Alfalfa appears in this Hal Roach-produced comedy, but we'll be darned if we can find him, even after repeated careful viewings. So we invite our fellow Alfalfateurs to examine this film to see if they can spot him (the film was made in 1937, so keep an eye out for a "Glove Taps"-era Alfalfa). The reason we are including this film in our review of Alfalfa's non-Rascals appearances is because it's so interesting on its own merits, even without (we think) our hero. "Pick A Star" is a virtual cornucopia of familiar faces. 
That's Harold Switzer, above right, in a crowd scene. If we had to guess, maybe the Alfalfa mystery can be blamed on his being confused with his older brother. In the same crowd scene can be found Jerry Tucker (see below). 
There are many other Hal Roach/Little Rascals players in "Pick A Star": 
  Rosina Lawrence (left) and Mae "Roamin' Holiday" Wallace. 
Johnny Arthur (from "Feed 'Em and Weep", "Night 'N' Gales", "Anniversary Trouble") 
Center: Wilma Cox ("Canned Fishing", "Feed 'Em and Weep", "Our Gang Follies of 1938"; at right is Jack Norton, who played the dentist Dr. Schwartz in "The Awful Tooth". 
That's Jimmy Findlayson at lower right, who had a memorable role in "Mush and Milk". At extreme left is Patsy Kelly. And there are a couple of other notable performers in the middle of the picture, names of Laurel and Hardy. 
Jack "Tin Man" Haley, flanked by Patsy Kelly. 
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