SCHOOL'S OUT (1930) Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Norman 'Chubby' Chaney & Jackie Cooper | Comedy | B&W

School's Out is a 1930 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 102nd Our Gang short to be released

SYNOPSIS
The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit, the children mistake him for a suitor. The children tell abominable lies about Miss Crabtree to try to discourage the man. Meanwhile, one of the children is selling answers to the upcoming oral exam. Unfortunately for the students, the young entrepreneur used a book of minstrelsy and blackface as his source for the "answers.

CAST & CREWS
Jackie Cooper as Jackie Cooper
Norman Chaney as Chubby Chaney
Matthew Beard as Hercules
Dorothy DeBorba as Echo
Allen Hoskins as Farina
Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann Jackson
Donald Haines as Donald Haines
Buddy McDonald as Buddy O'Donnell
Bobby Young as Robert 'Bonedust'
Pete the Pup as himself

Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Written by H. M. Walker
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring June Marlowe
Jackie Cooper
Allen Hoskins
Norman Chaney
Mary Ann Jackson
Bobby Hutchins
Dorothy DeBorba
Bobby Young
Creighton Hale
Cinematography Art Lloyd
Edited by Richard C. Currier
Music by Leroy Shield
Marvin Hatley
Distributed by MGM
Release date
November 22, 1930
Running time 20' 38"
Country United States
Language English