Learning on ScreenRadio Bugs
- Synopsis
- US comedy short series. Inspired by the success of his favourite comedian Red Skelton, Froggy (Billy Laughlin) decides to become a radio star. Armed with a tattered joke book and an array of ‘funny’ props, Froggy and the other gang members begin searching for a suitable radio sponsor, starting in the waiting room of a dentist’s office. Eventually, the kids abandon comedy in favour of Shakespearean drama which they enact in a mortuary with even less success.
- Series
- Our Gang
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1944
- Duration
- 11 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy or distributor found (2006)
Credits
- Director
- Cy Endfield
- Cinematographer
- Walter Lundin
- Screenplay
- Hal Law; Robert F. McGowan
- Cast
Billy Laughlin Froggy Bobby Blake Mickey Brandon Hurst Old Shakespearean Erville Alderson Mortician Janet Burston Janet Richard, ‘Red’ Skelton Himself Walter Soderling Mortician
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Figures
- The movie lost $4,759 on its initial release; one of eight MGM-produced Our Gang shorts to lose money.
Production Company
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