Country: United
States
Director: Robert
F. McGowan
Writers: Hal
Roach, H.M. Walker (titles)
Stars: Roy
Brooks, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon
Release Date: 25
February 1923 (USA)
Production Co:
Hal Roach Studios
Runtime: 20 min
Sound Mix:
Silent
Color: Black and
White
Plot Keywords:
Children | Our Gang | Actor Shares First Name With Character
Genres: Comedy |
Short | Family
The gang creates
its own makeshift county fair, highlighted by a "movie," which is
really a clever stage performance.
Trivia
The story involves
the Rascals performing in a make-believe movie theater where they imitate
Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks, William S. Hart, Uncle Tom
and the security guard character played by 'Gilbert, Dick'. The Chaplin
imitation includes a gag repeated from Shoulder Arms wherein The Little Tramp
disguises himself as a tree. The Fairbanks imitation (courtesy of Mickey
Daniels) specifically refers to The Three Musketeers. The Lloyd imitation
borrows from Grandma's Boy.
The make-believe
movie theater sports a real movie poster, which advertises Chaplin's The Idle
Class
As in other
early Hal Roach Rascals shorts, the Farina character is a girl.
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