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Commencement Day Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Mark GoldaineProduced by Hal Roach Written by Hal Roach
H. M. WalkerDistributed by Pathé Exchange Release date(s) 4 May 1924 Running time 20 minutes Country United States Language Silent
English intertitlesCommencement Day is a 1924 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. [1][2] It was the 25th Our Gang short subject released.
Contents
Plot
Mickey gets in a fight with another boy over Mary. The parents show up for Commencement Day at school and listen to the kids recite and play their musical instruments. Jackie puts pepper in Joe’s saxophone. Mickey loses his frog. Farina falls in a well. While the parents are out rescuing Farina, the kids get in a food fight. School is dismissed.
Notes
When the television rights for the original silent Pathé Our Gang comedies were sold to National Telepix and other distributors, several episodes were retitled. This film was released into television syndication as "Mischief Makers" in 1960 under the title Little Red Schoolhouse. About two-thirds of the original film was included.
Cast
- Mickey Daniels – Mickey
- Mary Kornman – Mary
- Ernest Morrison – Ernie 'Sunshine Sammy'
- Allen Hoskins – Farina
- Joe Cobb – Joe
- Jackie Condon – Jackie
- Gabe Saienz - Snoozer, the bully
- Andy Samuel – Andy
- Lyle Tayo – Mary's mother
- George B. French – School teacher
- Helen Gilmore - Joe's mother
- Jannie Hoskins - Mango
- Gus Leonard - Parent with ear-horn
- Dorothy Vernon - Mickey's mother
- Charley Young – Parent
- Dinah the Mule - Herself
See also
References
- ^ "Silent Era: Commencement Day". silentera. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CommencementDay1924.html. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt. "New York Times: Commencement Day". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226143/Commencement-Day/overview. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
External links
Categories:- American films
- 1924 films
- Silent films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
- Short films
- Our Gang films
- Pathé films
- 1920s comedy films
- Silent comedy film stubs
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