Commencement Day is a 1924 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 25th Our Gang short subject released.

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.

Commencement Day

Production notes

When the silent Pathé Our Gang comedies were syndicated for television as "The Mischief Makers" in 1960, Commencement Day was retitled Little Red Schoolhouse. This film was also made available for the 16mm home movie market as Graduation Day.

Commencement Day

Cast

The Gang

Joe Cobb as Joe

Jackie Condon as Jackie

Mickey Daniels as Mickey

Allen Hoskins as Farina

Mary Kornman as Mary

Ernie Morrison as Sunshine Sammy

Jannie Hoskins as Mango

Dinah the Mule as herself

Additional cast

Gabe Saienz as Snoozer, the bully

Andy Samuel as Andy

George B. French as school teacher

Helen Gilmore as Joe's mother

Gus Leonard as Parent with ear-horn

Lyle Tayo as Mary's mother

Dorothy Vernon as Mickey's mother

Charley Young as Parent

See also

Our Gang filmography

References

External links

1924 films

American silent short films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by Robert F. McGowan

Hal Roach Studios short films

1924 comedy films

Our Gang films

1924 short films

1920s American films

Silent American comedy films

Commencement Day