Dad for a Day (1939 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Dad for a Day
| image = Our Gang Dad 4 Day 1939.jpg
| caption =
| director = Edward Cahn
| producer = Jack Chertok for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| writer = Hal A. Law
Robert A. McGowan
| narrator =
| starring = George McFarland
Carl Switzer
Billie Thomas
Mickey Gubitosi
Darwood Kaye
Leonard Landy
Louis Jean Heydt
Peggy Shannon
Arthur Q. Bryan
| music =
| cinematography = Jackson Rose
| editing = Roy Brickner
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1939|10|21}}
| runtime = {{duration | m =10| s = 49}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Dad for a Day is a 1939 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 184th Our Gang short to be released.{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |page=232 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/232/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}
Plot
While planning to participate in the annual Fathers and Sons Day Picnic, the Our Gang kids are reminded that their pal Mickey has no father. The kids prevail upon friendly gas-station owner Mr. Henry to act as Mickey's surrogate dad during the festivities. Not only does Mr. Henry win every competition, but he also works up enough nerve to propose to Mickey's widowed mother.{{Cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/142570/Dad-For-A-Day/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520201152/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/142570/Dad-For-A-Day/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-20 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Dad-For-A-Day|author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=2008-10-08}}
Cast
=The Gang=
- Mickey Gubitosi as Mickey Baker
- George McFarland as Spanky
- Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
- Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
- Leonard Landy as Leonard
=Additional cast=
- Darwood Kaye as Club member complimenting Mickey
- Arthur Q. Bryan as Spanky's dad
- Ben Hall as Leonard's dad
- Tom Herbert as Gas station patron
- Louis Jean Heydt as Bill Henry, Mickey's surrogate dad
- Milton Parsons as Mr. Kincade, father of triplets
- Peggy Shannon as Mary Baker, Mickey's mother
- Mary Treen as Receptionist
- Walter Sande as Extra
- James Gubitosi as Club member
- Tommy McFarland as Club member
- Harold Switzer as Club member
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0031201}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language short films
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