Back Stage (1923 film)
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Directed by | Robert F. McGowan |
Written by | Hal Roach H. M. Walker |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Starring | Joe Cobb Jackie Condon Mickey Daniels Jack Davis Allen "Farina" Hoskins Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison Andy Samuel Richard Daniels Dick Gilbert William Gillespie Wallace Howe Robert F. McGowan |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | silent film English intertitles |
Back Stage is a 1923 silent Our Gang silent short subject comedy film that is the 13th entry to be released.
Plot[]
The gang meets up with the head of a vaudeville troupe, who enlist them to help him out when his co-stars have abandoned him. They manage to make a complete wreck of the act, and Jack and Joe's bugs get loose in the auditorium, putting the audience into an itching frenzy.
Notes[]
This was the 13th and final film to be released in the original contract. Another contract was written and accepted bringing in more films, starting with Dogs of War.
Cast[]
The Gang[]
- Joe Cobb as Joe
- Jackie Condon as Jackie
- Mickey Daniels as Mickey
- Jack Davis as Jack
- Allen "Farina" Hoskins as Farina
- Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison as Ernie
- Andy Samuel as Andy
- Dinah the Mule as Herself
Additional cast[]
- Ivadell Carter as Pansy
- James W. Cobb as Audience member disrupted by Farina
- Richard Daniels as Audience member slapping spider
- William Gillespie as Head of the theater troupe
- Wallace Howe as Theater manager
- Dick Gilbert as Outside worker
- Charley Young as Outside worker
- Robert F. McGowan as Man in front of the bus
Sequence[]
- 012. Giants vs. Yanks (1923) – proceeds
- 014. Dogs of War (1923) – succeeds
External links[]
- The short film Back Stage is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
- Back Stage at IMDb
- Back Stage at AllMovie
Categories:
- 1923 films
- Hal Roach Studios short films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- English-language films
- 1923 comedy films
- Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
- American films
- Our Gang films
- 1923 short films
- Short silent comedy film stubs
- Comedy short films