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School Begins (1928)

Directed by Robert A. McGowan

Overview

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.

Length 20 minutes

Actors

Joe Cobb | Jean Darling | Allen 'Farina' Hoskins | Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins | Mary Ann Jackson | Harry Spear | Jimmy Farren | Billy Schuler | May Wallace | The Wonder Dog Pal