Stage Fright (1923 film)

Infobox Film
name = Stage Fright


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director = Robert F. McGowan
producer = Hal Roach
writer = Hal Roach
H. M. Walker
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starring = Joe Cobb
Jackie Condon
Mickey Daniels
Jack Davis
Allen Hoskins
Mary Kornman
Ernie Morrison
Andy Samuel
Ray Brooks
Richard Daniels
William Gillespie
Helen Gilmore
Clara Guiol
Jack Hill
Jannie Hoskins
Sam Lufkin
Louise Tordera
Charles Stevenson
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distributor = Pathé Exchange
released = flagicon|US October 21, 1923
runtime = 20 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent film
English intertitles
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preceded_by = "Lodge Night"
followed_by = "Derby Day"
amg_id = 1:226136
imdb_id = 0235778

"Stage Fright" is the 18th "Our Gang" short subject comedy released. The "Our Gang" series (later known as "The Little Rascals") was created by Hal Roach in 1922, and continued production until 1944.

Plot

Author Fawn Ochletree (Clara Guiol) stages a charity performance of her latest play, a Romanesque epic. Thr gang and other neighborhood kids are forced into starring in the play, much to chagrin of the gang. They are completely unable to remembwe their lines, and struggle with maintaing their composure during thwe more serious moments of the melodrama. Finally, Jackie sets off a slew of firecrackers as the finale, scaring all involved.

Notes

"Stage Fright" would be reworked in 1930 as "Shivering Shakespeare".

ee also

* Our Gang filmography