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Mike Fright 
Directed by Gus Meins Produced by Hal Roach Written by Hal Roach Music by Marvin Hatley
Leroy ShieldCinematography Kenneth Peach Editing by Louis McManus Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) August 25, 1934 Running time 17' 11"[1] Country United States Language English Mike Fright is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Gus Meins. It was the (42nd talking episode) 130th Our Gang short that was released.
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Plot
When open auditions are announced for a radio variety program, the local station is besieged by aggressively over-coached "professional kids." Also auditioning is an impressive-sounding musical aggregation called the International Silver String Submarine Band—which turns out to be none other than the gang, equipped (or rather, armed) with home-made instruments.
After suffering through an endless parade of cloyingly cute kiddie troupers (and inadvertently blowing tubes and bulbs in the control room in the process, and driving the radio engineer crazy), the gang step up to the microphone and steal the show with a truly unforgettable rendition of "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze".[2]
Notes
Mike Fright was the first Our Gang short since Pups Is Pups to not contain the opening "Good Old Days" Our Gang theme song. Instead, it was replaced with the Leroy Shield incidental tune "Little Dancing Girl", which appeared as background music in many of the films.
Cast
- George McFarland - Spanky
- Matthew Beard - Stymie
- Scotty Beckett - Scotty
- Tommy Bond - Tommy
- Alvin Buckelew - Alvin
- Leonard Kibrick - Leonard
- Billy Lee - Billy, Tap Dancer
- Isabel La Mal - Receptionist
- James C. Morton - Station Manager
- Marvin Hatley - Piano Player
- Charlie Hall - Elevator Operator
- William Irving - Announcer
- Bert Gordon - Sound Man
See also
References
- ^ theluckycorner.com/
- ^ Collins, Glenn. "New York Times: Mike Fright". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225673/Mike-Fright/overview. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
External links
Categories:- 1934 films
- American films
- English-language films
- 1930s comedy films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Gus Meins
- Short films
- Our Gang films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- 1930s comedy film stubs
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