Thundering Fleas
{{short description|1926 short film by Robert F. McGowan}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Thundering Fleas
| image = THUNDERING FLEAS - Film Daily 6-20-26 t440x600 (1).jpg
| caption = Print ad
| director = Robert F. McGowan
| producer = F. Richard Jones
Hal Roach
| writer = Carl Harbaugh
Hal Roach
H. M. Walker
Hal Yates
| starring = Mickey Daniels
Joe Cobb
Jackie Condon
Mary Kornman
Johnny Downs
Allen Hoskins
Scooter Lowry
Jay R. Smith
Clifton Young
Lassie Lou Ahern
Mildred Kornman
James Finlayson
Charley Chase
Oliver Hardy
| cinematography = Art Lloyd
| distributor = Pathé Exchange
| released = {{film date|1926|7|4}}
| runtime = 20 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent with English intertitles
}}
Thundering Fleas is a 1926 Our Gang film directed by Robert F. McGowan.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/ThunderingFleas1926.html |title=Silent Era: Thundering Fleas |accessdate=September 14, 2008|work=silentera}}{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226169/Thundering-Fleas/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520154950/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226169/Thundering-Fleas/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: Thundering Fleas |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2011 |accessdate=September 14, 2008}} It was the 51st Our Gang short subject 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=65–66 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/64/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}
This was twelve year-old Mickey Daniels's last Our Gang film as a regular cast member in this series. He would appear as a guest star a some that came after this one.
Cast
=The Gang=
- Joe Cobb as Joe
- Jackie Condon as Jackie
- Mickey Daniels as Mickey
- Johnny Downs as Johnny
- Allen Hoskins as Farina
- Mary Kornman as Mary
- Scooter Lowry as Skooter
- Jay R. Smith as Jay
- Jannie Hoskins as Mango
- Clifton Young as Bonedust
- Buster the Dog as Magnolia
=Additional cast=
- Lassie Lou Ahern as Flower girl
- Harry Bowen as Flea circus spectator
- Sammy Brooks Flea circus spectator
- Allan Cavan as Father of the bride
- Charley Chase as Mustachioed wedding guest
- James Finlayson as Justice of the Peace
- Robert Finlayson as Musician
- George B. French as Professor Clements
- Dick Gilbert as Skooter's father
- Charlie Hall as Musician
- Oliver Hardy as Officer
- {{ill|Ham Kinsey|fr}} as Extra at the wedding
- Mildred Kornman as Skooter's sister
- Sam Lufkin as Extra at the wedding
- Jerry Mandy as Sheldon, the groom
- Martha Sleeper as Bride
- Lyle Tayo as Pedestrian without fleas
- Charley Young as Flea circus spectator
See also
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=0123297|title=Thundering Fleas}}
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language comedy short films
Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
Category:Hal Roach Studios short films
Category:Silent American comedy short films
Category:Surviving American silent films
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