High Society
About High Society
Mickey lives with his uncle Patrick until wealthy Aunt Kate wins custody and takes him from his uncle, his friends, and his dog. He fights his cousin Percy, is put through daily baths and manicures, and writes Patrick to bring the gang. They wreck the house, swinging from a chandelier and skating on liquid soap in the kitchen. Police, firemen, and an ambulance arrive as Kate comes home. She sends Mickey back to Patrick.
Cast & crew
More about High Society
Hal Roach produced the two-reel Our Gang short, production A-30. Robert F. McGowan directed. Wikipedia credits the script to Frank Capra, Hal Roach, and H. M. Walker. H. M. Walker wrote the titles. The unit shot it from March 24 to April 5, 1924. Pathé Exchange copyrighted it on May 29, 1924, registration LU20261, and released it on August 24, 1924, the 29th Our Gang short to go out.
Themes
Reviews
Tom Hamlin, in Motion Picture News on August 23, 1924, wrote that Mickey's change from old clothes to the aunt's finery was already a laugh, and that the gang's visit while the aunt was out would convulse any audience. He wrote that Hal Roach had the right types and that the children liked the work.
Look
Frank Young photographed the short. T. J. Crizer edited it. The gang's visit includes a chandelier and a kitchen floor covered in liquid soap.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
The Pathé copyright of May 29, 1924 was not renewed. A print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Mickey Daniels plays Mickey Kelly. Jackie Condon plays Percival Kelly. Mary Kornman plays Mary. Allen Hoskins plays Farina. Joe Cobb plays Joe. Andy Samuel plays Andy. Sonny Loy plays Sing Joy. Pal the Dog plays himself.
- Patrick Kelly plays Uncle Pat Kelly. Evelyn Burns plays Aunt Kate Kelly. F. F. Guenste plays the butler. Sam Lufkin, Charles A. Bachman, and Jack Gavin play police detectives.
- Tom Hamlin's Motion Picture News review of August 23, 1924 mentions corned beef and cabbage at the uncle's house.
- In 1932 Kodak Cinegraph released an 8mm print under the title Mickey Has Guests.
- The copyright was not renewed.
Scenes
- Mickey writes Uncle Pat and asks him to bring the gang.
- The children swing from a chandelier and skate across liquid soap in the kitchen.
- Aunt Kate arrives with the police, the fire department, and an ambulance, and sends Mickey home.
Also available
- Internet Archive (OurGangSilentHighSociety1924)
