School Begins

School Begins

20 mins | Comedy | Sept. 16, 1928

One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September. School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.

School Begins

20 mins | Comedy | Sept. 16, 1928

School Begins
One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September. School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.
Producers Hal Roach Studios
Original title School Begins
Directors Robert A. McGowan
Writers Robert A. McGowan

Cast

Joe Cobb

as Joe

Jean Darling

as Jean

Mary Ann Jackson

as Mary Ann

Harry Spear

as Harry

Jimmy Farren

as Kid Sitting Behind Harry

Billy Schuler

as Kid

May Wallace

as Harry's mother