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.

Cast

Joe Cobb

as Joe

Jean Darling

as Jean

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

as Farina

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

as Wheezer

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

The Wonder Dog Pal

as Petie

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