Pay As You Exit

Synopsis

American comedy short. Hoping to attract customers to Spanky McFarland’s barnyard production of Romeo and Juliet, star performer Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer proposes a ‘pay as you exit’ policy: If the kids like the show, they’ll pay the one-cent admission on the way out. The show is nearly over before it starts when leading lady Darla Hood walks out, complaining that Alfalfa has been eating onions (which, he insists, improve his speaking voice). After stalling for time, Spanky hits upon a replacement for Darla: black youngster Billy ‘Buckwheat’ Thomas, wearing a blonde wig.

Series

Our Gang

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1936

Duration

11 mins

Credits

Director

Gordon Douglas

Producer

Hal Roach

Cinematographer

Walter Lundin

Cast

Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer	Alfalfa (Romeo)
Darla Hood	Darla (Juliet)
Eugene ‘Porky’ Lee	Porky
George ‘Spanky’ McFarland	Spanky
Joe Cobb	Joe

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals; Amateur theatre

Notes

Notes

Available on DVD as part of THE LITTLE RASCALS - THE COMPLETE COLLECTION. This version is colourised.

Production Company

Name

Hal Roach Studio

Address

USA

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web

http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(20) 707-8572

Fax

(20) 707-237’1

Address

Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email

arsc@ucla.edu

Web

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window

Phone

(310) 206 5388

Fax

(310) 206 5392

Address

Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

Distributor

Name

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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