Derby Day
About Derby Day
The Our Gang kids sell lemonade across the street from a racetrack. Mary, whose rich father owns one of the horses, gets them inside. They like it enough to run a derby of their own.
Cast & crew
More about Derby Day
Robert F. McGowan directed the 19th Our Gang short. Hal Roach produced it. Wikidata lists Roach as the writer. Pathé Exchange distributed it. Wikipedia dates it November 18, 1923, and gives a running time of 26 minutes 51 seconds. Wikidata says 20 minutes. Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, Allen Hoskins as Farina, Mary Kornman, and Ernest Morrison as Sunshine Sammy are the gang. Dinah the Mule plays herself. William Gillespie is Mary's father.
Themes
Notes
- Sonny Loy plays Sing Joy. Charles A. Bachman is a police officer. Richard Daniels is a trainer. Wallace Howe is the gate attendant.
- The short is number 19 in the Our Gang series.
- Wikidata's 20-minute figure is shorter than the 26 minutes 51 seconds listed on Wikipedia.
Scenes
- Mary gets the gang into the track.
- They stage their own derby afterward.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-derby-day)
