Commencement Day

{{short description|1924 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Commencement Day | image = OG Commencement Day.jpg

| caption = | director = Robert F. McGowan Mark Goldaine | writer = Hal Roach H. M. Walker | producer = Hal Roach | starring = Joe Cobb Jackie Condon Mickey Daniels Allen Hoskins Mary Kornman Ernie Morrison Jannie Hoskins Gabe Saienz Andy Samuel Dinah the Mule Gus Leonard Lyle Tayo Dorothy Vernon | narrator = | cinematography = | editing = | music = | distributor = Pathé Exchange | released = {{Film date|1924|05|04}} | runtime = 17:30 | country = United States | language = Silent English intertitles | budget = }}

'''''Commencement Day''''' is a 1924 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CommencementDay1924.html |title=Silent Era: Commencement Day |accessdate=September 13, 2008|work=silentera}}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226143/Commencement-Day/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520151639/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226143/Commencement-Day/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |title=New York Times: Commencement Day |accessdate=September 13, 2008| first=Mordaunt |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=Mordaunt Hall |date=2011 | last=Hall}}</ref> It was the 25th ''Our Gang'' short subject to be released.<ref>{{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=42–43 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/42/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>

==Plot== Mickey gets in a fight with another boy over Mary. The parents show up for Commencement Day at school and listen to the kids recite and play their musical instruments. Jackie puts pepper in Joe's saxophone. Mickey loses his frog. Farina falls in a well. While the parents are out rescuing Farina, the kids get in a food fight.

==Production notes== When the silent Pathé ''Our Gang'' comedies were syndicated for television as "The Mischief Makers" in 1960, ''Commencement Day'' was retitled ''Little Red Schoolhouse''. This film was also made available for the 16mm home movie market as ''Graduation Day''.

==Cast==

===The Gang=== * Joe Cobb as Joe * Jackie Condon as Jackie * Mickey Daniels as Mickey * Allen Hoskins as Farina * Mary Kornman as Mary * Ernie Morrison as Sunshine Sammy * Jannie Hoskins as Mango * Dinah the Mule as herself

===Additional cast=== * Gabe Saienz as Snoozer, the bully * Andy Samuel as Andy * George B. French as school teacher * Helen Gilmore as Joe's mother * Gus Leonard as Parent with ear-horn * Lyle Tayo as Mary's mother * Dorothy Vernon as Mickey's mother * Charley Young as Parent

==See also== * ''Our Gang'' filmography

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0235306}}

Category:1924 films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan Category:Hal Roach Studios short films Category:1924 comedy films Category:Our Gang films Category:1924 short films Category:1924 American films Category:American silent comedy short films Category:1924 English-language films Category:English-language comedy short films