Saturday's Lesson
{{short description|1929 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Saturday's Lesson
| image = OURGANG SaturdaysLession 1929.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Robert F. McGowan
| producer = Hal Roach
| writer = Robert F. McGowan
H. M. Walker
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = Art Lloyd
| editing = Richard C. Currier
| distributor = MGM
| released = {{film date|1929|11|9}}
| runtime = 17' 40"[http://theluckycorner.com/vc/blackhawk.html The Lucky Corner]
| country = United States
| language = Silent with English intertitles
}}
Saturday's Lesson is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SaturdaysLesson1929.html |title=Silent Era: Saturday's Lesson |accessdate=September 16, 2008|work=silentera}} Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 93rd 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 |pages=99–100 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/98/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}} and the final silent film in the series.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225640/Saturday-s-Lesson/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520164445/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225640/Saturday-s-Lesson/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Saturday's Lesson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=September 16, 2008}} As with two previous silent Our Gang shorts, Little Mother and Cat, Dog & Co., Saturday's Lesson was withheld until after several sound Our Gang films had been released.
Cast
=The Gang=
- Joe Cobb as Joe
- Jean Darling as Jean
- Allen Hoskins as Farina
- Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
- Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
- Harry Spear as Harry
- Pete the Pup as himself
=Additional cast=
- Orpha Alba as Joe's mom
- Jack O'Brien as The Devil
- Emma Reed as Farina's mom
- Adele Watson as The Other Kids' mom
- Charley Young as Dr. A.M. Austin
- Allan Cavan - Pedestrian #2
- Ham Kinsey - Pedestrian #1
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Internet Archive film|saturdays-lesson_1929|Saturday's Lesson}}
- {{IMDb title|0248399}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
Category:Silent American comedy short films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language short films
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