Fast Company (1924 film)
| Fast Company | |
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| Edited by | T. J. Crizer |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Fast Company is a 1924
short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.[1][2] It was the 32nd Our Gang short subject to be released.[3]
Plot
Mickey trades places with a little rich boy, who is staying at a ritzy hotel. Mayhem ensues when the gang invades the hotel to look for Mickey and discover the snooty society ladies, a mischievous monkey, and a fireworks salesman. Later, the gang dress up as cannibals and organize a mock-tribal ritual.
Production notes
Regular Our Gang director
Ernie Morrison and Jack Davis who had already left the series but returned to complete Fast Company.[4]
When the silent Pathé Our Gang comedies were syndicated for television as "The Mischief Makers" in 1960, Fast Company was retitled The Big Switch.
Cast
The Gang
- Joe Cobb — Joe
- Jackie Condon — Jackie McChicken
- Mickey Daniels — Mickey
- Allen Hoskins— Farina
- Jack Davis — Jack McChicken
- Mary Kornman — Mary
- Ernie Morrison— Ernie
- Dinah the Mule
Additional cast
- Lassie Lou Ahern — Mary's sister
- Hal Roach Jr. — boy teasing Farina
- Walter Wilkinson — Rondamere Von Swell
- Charles A. Bachman — police officer
- Helen Gilmore — Traveler's Aid Society woman
- Charlie Hall — bellboy
- Del Henderson— hotel guest
- Lyle Tayo — hotel guest
- Charley Young — man falling out of a window
References
- ^ "Silent Era: Fast Company". silentera. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
- All Movie Guide. Archived from the originalon May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. p. 34. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ISBN 0-517-58325-9
External links
- Fast Company at IMDb
- Fast Company at AllMovie
