Tired Business Men
About Tired Business Men
Joe Cobb has just moved in, cat and dog in his arms, and the neighborhood kids run a barn they call the Manhattan Club. They haze him as a new member and then throw him out. When they learn his father is the new local policeman, Joe takes his father's whistle and puts the gang through the same initiation. A fugitive hides in the barn. The kids think the police have come for them, pelt the officers, and in the scramble the crook is caught.
Cast & crew
More about Tired Business Men
Anthony Mack and Charles Oelze directed. Anthony Mack was the screen name of Robert A. McGowan, nephew of the series' usual director, Robert F. McGowan, who was on vacation. Hal Roach produced, with titles by H. M. Walker and editing by Richard C. Currier. Pathé Exchange released this 60th Our Gang short on May 15, 1927. Shooting ran from January 18 to February 3, 1927.
Themes
Making
Art Lloyd photographed the short on the Roach lot while Robert F. McGowan was away.
Look
Art Lloyd was the photographer.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles by H. M. Walker.
Preservation
A print survives in Our Gang circulation.
Notes
- Joe's cat is named Tunney and wears tiny boxing gloves.
- The gang ties a threatening note to the cat and sends it through Joe's window.
- Charles A. Bachman plays Officer O'Farrell, Joe's father.
- Allen Hoskins is Farina and Jannie Hoskins is Mango. Jackie Condon, Jean Darling, and Jay R. Smith are in the club.
- The barn club hazes new members with a homemade electric gadget.
- The fugitive the police want is called Blow-'em-up Baker in series summaries.
Scenes
- Joe arrives on the moving truck holding a dog and a cat in boxing gloves.
- The gang hazes him inside the Manhattan Club.
- They bombard the police with eggs and uncover the man hiding in the barn.
Also available
- Internet Archive (ourgangtiredbusinessmen1927)
