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=

=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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