Sunday Calm

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Sunday Calm
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Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Written by Hal Roach
H. M. Walker
Produced byHal Roach
Starring Joe Cobb
Jackie Condon
Mickey Daniels
Jack Davis
Allen Hoskins
Ernest Morrison
Leona Levin
Richard Daniels
Clara Guiol
Helen Gilmore
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • December 16, 1923 (1923-12-16)
Running time
25:18
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Sunday Calm is a 1923 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. [1] [2] It was the 20th Our Gang short subject to be released.

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Plot

The gang travels by wagon to go on a picnic with their families. After the cart loses a wheel, the parents replace it, only to be left behind when the horse bolts with the wagon and the gang. Arriving in the woods, the gang run wild until their parents catch up with them. A storm interrupts the picnic, after which the horse bolts again, this time leaving everybody behind.

Production notes

Mary Kornman does not appear. [3]

The plot device of a family embarking on a Sunday picnic was reused in Laurel and Hardy's 1929 film Perfect Day . [3]

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

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References

  1. ↑ "Silent Era: Sunday Calm". silentera. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  2. ↑ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Sunday Calm". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2008.
  3. 1 2 Maltin, Leonard and Bann, Richard W. (1977, rev. 1992). The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang, pp. 25-26. New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. ISBN   0-517-58325-9


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