Teacher's Pet
About Teacher's Pet
On the first day of school the gang hears that Miss McGillicuddy has married and left. The new teacher is named Miss Crabtree, and they picture an old hag. Jackie plans a white mouse, red ants, and sneezing powder, then a call from the little kids so they can go swimming. He takes a ride in a roadster with a young woman and tells her the whole plan. She is Miss Crabtree. She lets him out a mile from school. He walks in and finds the driver at the desk.
Cast & crew
More about Teacher's Pet
Robert F. McGowan directed. H. M. Walker wrote the titles. Hal Roach produced it. Art Lloyd photographed it. Richard C. Currier edited it. Leroy Shield wrote the music. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released it on October 11, 1930. Wikidata gives 21 minutes. It is the 101st Our Gang short. June Marlowe plays Miss Crabtree. Jackie Cooper plays Jackie. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Making
McGowan introduces Miss Crabtree by letting Jackie brief her in the car.
Look
Art Lloyd shot the roadster ride and the classroom ambush that never happens.
Music
Leroy Shield wrote the music.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Wheezer's first version of the excuse is that Mama is going to shoot Papa. Jackie tells him to say 'important business.'
- Jackie tells the driver she is almost as pretty as Miss McGillicuddy, except for her nose.
- Farina, Chubby, Mary Ann, Dorothy, and Stymie are in the gang.
- The swimming plan dies when the driver turns out to be the teacher.
Scenes
- Jackie explains the mouse, the ants, and the powder to the woman in the car.
- He finds her standing in front of the class.
